(a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint one or more school nurses or nurse practitioners. Such school nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by such boards shall be qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Such school nurses may also act as visiting nurses in the town, may visit the homes of pupils in the public schools and shall assist in executing the orders of the school medical advisor, if there is any in such town, and perform such other duties as are required by such board.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administering of medications by parents or guardians to their own children on school grounds.
(c) School nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by or under contract with any local or regional board of education and any nurse provided to a nonpublic school under the provisions of section 10-217a shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a.
(1949 Rev., S. 1473; P.A. 78-218, S. 136; P.A. 80-440, S. 2, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 11, 58; P.A. 03-211, S. 3; P.A. 04-181, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability of section to local and regional boards of education; P.A. 80-440 made appointment of school nurses mandatory rather than optional and required them to be “qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54” by state board of education with advice of health services department; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-211 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting requirement that the State Board of Education adopt regulations in consultation with the Department of Public Health for requirement that regulations be adopted with technical advice and assistance of the Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-181 added Subsec. (c) re criminal history records checks, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation
Section 10-203. - Compliance with public health statutes and regulations.
Section 10-203b. - Health Services Program Information Survey.
Section 10-203c. - Guidelines re comprehensive school counseling program.
Section 10-204. - Vaccination.
Section 10-204a. - Required immunizations. Temporary waiver.
Section 10-204b. - Rubella immunization.
Section 10-204c. - Immunity from liability.
Section 10-205. - Appointment of school medical advisors.
Section 10-206. - Health assessments.
Section 10-206a. - Free health assessments.
Section 10-206b. - Tests for lead levels in Head Start programs.
Section 10-206c. - Annual report on whether pupil has health insurance.
Section 10-206d. - Oral health assessments.
Section 10-207. - Duties of medical advisors.
Section 10-208. - Exemption from examination or treatment.
Section 10-208a. - Physical activity of student restricted; boards to honor notice.
Section 10-209. - Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools.
Section 10-210. - Notice of disease to be given parent or guardian.
Section 10-211. - Notice to state board.
Section 10-211a. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; development; training.
Section 10-211d. - Family care coordinator.
Section 10-211e. - Annual notice re Get Outside and Play for Children's Mental Health Day.
Section 10-212f. - School Nurse Advisory Council. Reports.
Section 10-212h. - Self-application of sunscreen by students.
Section 10-212k. - Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve.
Section 10-212l. - Mental health plan for student athletes; development.
Section 10-212m. - Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation.
Section 10-213. - Dental hygienists.
Section 10-214a. - Eye-protective devices.
Section 10-214b. - Compliance report by local or regional board of education.
Section 10-215a. - Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding programs.
Section 10-215b. - Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs.
Section 10-215c. - Annual report.
Section 10-215e. - Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast program.
Section 10-215f. - Certification that food meets nutrition standards.
Section 10-215g. - In-classroom school breakfast pilot program.
Section 10-215h. - Child nutrition outreach program.
Section 10-215i. - Information and notice re supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Section 10-215k. - Submission of report re nonimplementation of Community Eligibility Provision.
Section 10-215l. - CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program.
Section 10-216. - Payment of expenses.
Section 10-217b. - Appropriation.
Section 10-217c. - Definitions.
Section 10-217d. - Warning labels.
Section 10-217e. - Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school districts.
Section 10-217g. - Exemptions.
Section 10-217h. - Connecticut School Health Survey; administration.
Section 10-217j. - Connecticut School Health Survey; policy and forms re notice.