Denise began by giving some background of the school nurse program. The MN statutes say that every school must provide services for the health of the students. All K-12 schools with over 1,000 students must have a Licensed School Nurse.
Schools can contract with a public health agency to provide the service.
MN is certainly not a leader in this area. All of this is unreimbursed health care. Immunization records are difficult to track. A local immunization registry would be much more efficient and a national one would be even better. Starting in July 1999 a new law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, would allow third part reimbursement for services.