A fee, based on rates to be established by the Mayor, shall be charged to a minor student’s parent(s) or guardian or an adult student when the student has been examined by public health authorities pursuant to this subchapter and the parent(s), guardian, or adult student is not indigent. The Mayor shall define “indigency” under this section and may establish a sliding scale of partial payment based on the parents’, guardian’s, or adult student’s reasonable ability to pay some of the examination costs. Under no circumstances shall a student be excluded from school pending the payment of a fee imposed under this section.
(Dec. 3, 1985, D.C. Law 6-66, § 6, 32 DCR 6086.)
1981 Ed., § 31-2405.
This section is referenced in § 38-606.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 38 - Educational Institutions
Chapter 6 - Student Health Care
Subchapter I - General Provisions
§ 38–603. Exemption for religious beliefs
§ 38–604. Notice of noncompliance; attendance unaffected
§ 38–605. Fee for examination by public health authorities; indigency
§ 38–606. Duty to obtain treatment
§ 38–607. Student health files
§ 38–608. Joint administration by Mayor and Board of Education; rules