105 CMR, § 200.200 - School Physicians

(A) The school committee or the board of health shall provide the services of a school physician to carry out physical examinations on such children who, because of hardship, do not have this service performed by the student's physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. Every reasonable effort shall be made to link such students with a primary care provider.

(B) The school committee or the board of health shall ensure that a student in the public schools, if not examined by the student's primary care provider, is examined by the school physician under following circumstances:

(1) frequent absences due to unexplained illness;

(2) known or suspected physical disabilities or medical conditions that require appraisal;

(3) referral from a teacher-nurse conference because the student is not making expected progress in school or because of signs of illness noted by the teacher or nurse; and

(4) referral by the school nurse.

(C) The school physician shall provide consultation to the school health program including:

(1) interpretation of the student's health situation to the school personnel;

(2) assistance to the teacher and school nurse in meeting the health needs of the student to the extent possible in the school environment; and

(3) interpretation of the school health program to the student's primary care provider and parents.

(D) The services of the school physician shall be coordinated in the total school health program. She/he shall take reasonable measures for the control of communicable disease and give assistance in the formulation of the health education program.

(E) The school physician shall examine a student at any time to determine the presence or absence of communicable or contagious diseases.

(F) The school physician shall promptly notify the student's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of any disabilities or medical conditions found during a physical examination of a student. The family shall be encouraged to take the student to the student's primary care provider.

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105 CMR, § 200.200