Medical and Health Services

Education Law

Article 19 - Medical and Health Services

- 901 - School health services to be provided
- 902 - Employment of health professionals
- 902-a - Treatment of students diagnosed with diabetes by school personnel (effective 7-1-15)
- 902-b - Treatment by licensed school personnel of students diagnosed with allergies (effective 7-1-15)
- 903 - Students to furnish health certificates
- 904 - Examinations by health appraisal
- 905 - Record of screening examinations for vision, hearing and scoliosis
- 906 - Existence of communicable diseases; return after illness
- 907 - Use of sunscreen
- 909 - School hygiene districts
- 910 - Choice of method of treatment
- 911 - Enforcement
- 912 - Health and welfare services to all children
- 912-a - Urine analysis; drug detection
- 912-b - Speech and language improvement services
- 913 - Medical examinations of teachers and other employees
- 914 - Immunization of children
- 915 - Prohibiting the sale of certain sweetened foods
- 916 - Pupils with asthma or another respiratory disease requiring rescue inhaler treatment
- 916-a - Pupils with allergies (effective 7-1-15)
- 916-b - Pupils with diabetes (effective 7-1-15)
- 917 - On-site cardiac automated external defibrillator
- 918 - School district nutrition advisory committees
- 919 - On-site nebulizers
- 920 - Public schools; infestation of bedbugs (Cimex lectularius)
- 921 - On-site epinephrine auto-injector (effective 2-27-15)
- 921-a - Training of unlicensed school personnel to administer certain medications (effective 7-1-15)
- 922 - Opioid Overdose Prevention (effective 8-11-15)
- 923 - Sudden Cardiac Arrest (effective 7-1-22)

Applicable to School Nursing as it refers to the ability to accept documentation from an out of state medical providers and non-patient specific orders for immunizations and anaphylaxis:
Section 6526 - Physicians in bordering states:
2. Any physician who is licensed in a bordering state and who resides near a border of this state, provided such practice is limited in this state to the vicinity of such border and provided such physician does not maintain an office or place to meet patients or receive calls within this
state;
Section 6527-Special Provisions:
6. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient specific regimen to a registered professional nurse, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the public health law, for:

administering immunizations.

the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.

administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests or other tests to detect or screen for tuberculosis infections.

administering tests to determine the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus.

administering tests to determine the presence of the hepatitis C virus.

the urgent or emergency treatment of opioid related overdose or suspected opioid related overdose.

screening of persons at increased risk of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Commissioner's Regulation

NYS Commissioner's Regulations 136.1-136.9 - Health Services

- 136.1 - Defines school personnel, school health services, treatment, school year, 30 days.
- 136.2 - General regulations regarding the provision of health services, employment of a school medical director, board of education responsibilities.
- 136.3 - Responsibilities of the board of education in providing oversight of school health services including health examinations, screenings and notifications, immunizations, exclusion of students, student records, health examinations of staff, and condom availability.
- 136.4 - On-Site Cardiac AEDs
- 136.5 - Concussion Management and Awareness
- 136.6 - Authorized Use of Epinephrine Auto-Injector
- 136.7 - Self-administration of Certain Medications by Students
- 136.8 - Opioid Overdose Prevention
- 136.9 - Sudden Cardiac Arrest

NYS Commissioner's Regulations Section 117.3
Diagnostic Screening of Pupils - Provides rules for who, how, and when students require diagnostic screening.

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