CODE: 5141.3
SECTION: PUPILS
HEALTH EXAMINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS
Pupils who enter the district schools for the first time shall present a certificate from a licensed physician to attest to their physical condition. A parent/guardian who, because of religious convictions, does not wish his/her child to be examined must state this in writing.
Every pupil who enters the district schools for the first time shall present an immunization record as required by law.
In order to protect the health of the children and staff in district schools, all regulations of the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health, and the local Board of Health shall be scrupulously observed, particularly those dealing with contagious/infectious diseases or conditions. Pupils seeking to enter school who have been identified as having a communicable/infectious disease or condition shall not be enrolled unless they qualify under the above agencies’ rules pertaining to periods of incubation, communicability, quarantine, and reporting.
The Superintendent of Schools shall formulate regulations for this policy and for regular pupil health examinations at appropriate grade levels; before participation in sports programs; and for tuberculosis, scoliosis, hearing loss, visual acuity, and any other physical examinations required by law. Any health defects revealed by any examination given by the school health services must be reported to the parent/guardian.
First Reading: December 12, 2000
Adopted: December 19, 2000