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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49425.

49425. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 49422, a licensed physician need not hold a credential if his sole service for a school district or county superintendent of schools is service as a member of a committee whose function is to consider written and oral information and reports concerning the pupil that are available to the committee and, upon the basis of such information and reports, to recommend the admission of the pupil to, or his discharge from, special schools and classes for exceptional children.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49427.

49427. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of each school district and each county superintendent of schools maintain fundamental school health services at a level that is adequate to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Preserve pupils’ ability to learn.
(2) Fulfill existing state requirements and policies regarding pupils’ health.
(3) Contain health care costs through preventive programs and education.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the provision of these services may be in jeopardy due to the current caseloads in the public schools, and that failure to maintain adequate health services and standards will result in pupils’ poorer health and ability to learn.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 107. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49428.

49428. (a) A school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school shall notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as follows:
(1) A school shall use at least two of the following methods to notify parents or guardians:
(A) Distributing the information in a letter electronically or in hardcopy, including, but not limited to, through the postal service.
(B) Including the information in the parent handbook at the beginning of the school year in accordance with Section 48980.
(C) Posting the information on the school’s Internet Web site or social media Internet Web page.
(2) A school shall use at least two of the following methods to notify pupils:
(A) Distributing the information in a document or school publication electronically or in hardcopy.
(B) Including the information in pupil orientation materials at the beginning of the school year or in a pupil handbook.
(C) Posting the information on the school’s Internet Web site or social media Internet Web page.
(b) (1) A county may use funds from the Mental Health Services Act, enacted by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election as Proposition 63, to provide a grant to a school district or county office of education, or to a charter school, within the county, for purposes of funding the activities required pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) A school district or county office of education, or a charter school, may apply to its respective county for a grant pursuant to paragraph (1).
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. (AB 2022) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49428.16.

49428.16. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local educational agencies in developing strategies for preventing pupil opioid overdoses, including synthetic opioids.
(b) The Legislature encourages county offices of education to establish a County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools for the purposes of outreach, building awareness, and collaborating with local health agencies regarding fentanyl overdoses. A County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools is encouraged to, at a minimum, include representatives of local educational agencies within the county and the county public health department.
(c) The department shall curate and maintain on its internet website all of the following:
(1) Informational materials containing awareness and safety advice, for school staff, pupils, and parents or guardians of pupils, on how to prevent an opioid overdose and any relevant information developed by a County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools established pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) Resource information on an entity’s application process for the statewide standing order issued by the State Public Health Officer pursuant to Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code, and resource information on an entity’s participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.
(3) Resource information on the provision of emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, as described in Section 49414.3.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Local educational agency” means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
(2) “Opioid antagonist” means naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body, and has been approved for the treatment of an opioid overdose.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 856, Sec. 6. (SB 10) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49429.

49429. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and appropriate stakeholders, including stakeholders with experience in telehealth, as defined in subdivision (d), shall develop guidelines on or before December 31, 2022, for the use of telehealth technology in public schools, including charter schools, to provide mental health and behavioral health services to pupils on school campuses.
(b) The guidelines developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but are not limited to, guidance on all of the following:
(1) Qualifications of individuals authorized to provide assistance, within their scope of practice, to pupils in accessing mental health and behavioral health services via telehealth technology at a schoolsite.
(2) Qualifications of individuals authorized to provide mental health and behavioral health services, within their scope of practice, to pupils via telehealth technology.
(3) Potential sources of funding for the purchase of the necessary equipment and technology infrastructure by schools to allow schools to provide telehealth services.
(4) The ability of mental and behavioral health services providers to access reimbursement through the Medi-Cal program or other sources for services provided to pupils at schoolsites via telehealth technology.
(5) The legal requirements for parental consent for the provision of mental health and behavioral health treatment of minors via telehealth technology.
(6) Measures necessary to protect the security of data transmitted via telehealth technology.
(7) Measures necessary to protect the privacy of pupil data pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and medical records pursuant to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).
(8) Potential school district, county office of education, and charter school liability associated with the provision of telehealth services.
(c) The department shall post the guidelines developed pursuant to this section on its internet website on or before December 31, 2022.
(d) For purposes of this section, “telehealth” means the mode of delivering health care services via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a pupil’s health care while the pupil is at a schoolsite and the health care provider is at a distant site.
(e) This section shall only be implemented if sufficient funds are made available to the department pursuant to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 252, Sec. 25. (AB 167) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2 - Employment of Medical Personnel › Section 49429.5.

49429.5. (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(b) On or before November 1, 2024, county offices of education, in consultation with the department and other relevant state and local agencies, shall coordinate agreements between school districts and charter schools within the county in order to develop a system through which qualified mental health professionals and other key school personnel employed by individual school districts and charter schools throughout the county could be rapidly deployed on a short- or long-term basis to an area of the county that has experienced a natural disaster or other traumatic event, in order to provide support to pupils and staff, to the extent the school district or charter school employing those professionals or personnel determines they can be deployed under the circumstances. In developing agreements for this system of sharing mental health professionals and other key school personnel, county offices of education shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The cost of creating and maintaining the system described in this subdivision.
(2) The criteria required for a local educational agency to request the use of mental health professionals and other key school personnel employed by another local educational agency.
(3) Potential reimbursement between local educational agencies.
(4) Reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by mental health professionals and other key school personnel.
(c) Single school district county offices of education shall comply with subdivision (b) by entering into agreements with at least one other county office of education they share a border with.
(d) County offices of education that share a county border with a single school district county office of education shall consult with and enter into agreements with at least one single school district county office of education in order to comply with subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 909, Sec. 2. (AB 2072) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2.5 - The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001 › Section 49430.

49430. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Added sweetener” means an additive other than 100 percent fruit juice that enhances the sweetness of a beverage.
(b) “Combination foods” means products that contain two or more components representing two or more of the recommended food groups: fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or grains.
(c) “Competitive foods” means all food and beverages other than meals reimbursed under programs authorized by the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (Public Law 113-79) and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1771 et seq.) available for sale to pupils on the school campus during the schoolday.
(d) “Deep fried” means a food item that is cooked by total submersion in oil or fat.
(e) “Elementary school” means a school operated and maintained by a school district or county office of education that maintains any grade from kindergarten to grade 6, inclusive, but no grade higher than grade 6.
(f) “Entrée” means a food that is generally regarded as being the primary food in a meal, and shall include, but not be limited to, sandwiches, burritos, pasta, and pizza.
(g) “Flash fried” means a food item that is quickly fried on both sides in oil with a temperature of 400 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
(h) “High school” means a school operated and maintained by a school district or county office of education maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(i) “Middle school” means a school operated and maintained by a school district or county office of education that maintains grade 7 or 8, grades 7 to 9, inclusive, or grades 7 to 10, inclusive.
(j) “Par fried” means a food item that is fried to reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit then it is cooled to room temperature so that it may be refrigerated or frozen for future frying.
(k) “School campus” means all areas of the property under the jurisdiction of the school that are accessible to pupils during the schoolday.
(l) “Schoolday” means the period from the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday.
(m) “Snack” means a food that is generally regarded as supplementing a meal, including, but not limited to, chips, crackers, yogurt, cheese, nuts, seeds, fruit, or vegetables.
(n) “Sold” means the exchange of food or beverages for money, coupons, vouchers, or order forms when any part of the exchange occurs on a school campus.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 280, Sec. 2. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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49430.3. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 38080) of Part 23 or Section 48931, this article shall control over contrary provisions relating to the sale of food items to public school pupils.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 913, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2.5 - The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001 › Section 49431.

49431. (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, at each elementary school, the only competitive foods that may be sold to a pupil are fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain rich food items; foods with a fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain item as its first ingredient; or combination foods containing at least one-quarter cup of fruit or vegetable that meets the following standards:
(1) Not more than 35 percent of its total calories shall be from fat. This paragraph shall not apply to individually sold portions of nuts, nut butters, seeds, seed butters, reduced-fat cheese or part skim mozzarella cheese packaged for individual sale, eggs, fruits, vegetables that have not been deep fried, seafood, or a dried fruit and nut and seed combination.
(2) Less than 10 percent of its total calories shall be from saturated fat. This paragraph shall not apply to reduced-fat cheese or part skim mozzarella cheese packaged for individual sale, eggs, nuts, nut butters, seeds, seed butters, or a dried fruit and nut and seed combination.
(3) Not more than 35 percent of its total weight shall be composed of sugar, including naturally occurring and added sugar. This paragraph shall not apply to fruits, vegetables that have not been deep fried, or a dried fruit and nut and seed combination.
(4) Contains less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving.
(5) Contains not more than 200 milligrams of sodium per item, package, or container sold to a pupil.
(6) Contains not more than 200 calories per individual food item.
(b) An elementary school may permit the sale of food items that do not comply with subdivision (a) as part of a school fundraising event in either of the following circumstances:
(1) The sale of those items takes place off of and away from school premises.
(2) The sale of those items takes place on school premises at least one-half hour after the end of the schoolday.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the governing board of a school district annually review its compliance with the nutrition standards described in this section and Section 49431.5.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a school from selling to a pupil, after the pupil has been provided a school meal pursuant to Section 49501.5, the entrée from an additional nutritiously adequate meal that qualifies for federal reimbursement, from the same meal service.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 318, Sec. 1. (AB 95) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 2.5 - The Pupil Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001 › Section 49431.7.

49431.7. (a) From the midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official schoolday, a school or school district shall not sell to pupils enrolled in kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, food containing artificial trans fat, as defined in subdivision (b).
(b) For purposes of this section, a food contains artificial trans fat if a food contains vegetable shortening, margarine, or any kind of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, unless the manufacturer’s documentation or the label required on the food, pursuant to applicable federal and state law, lists the trans fat content as less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving.
(c) This section shall not apply to food provided as part of a United States Department of Agriculture meal program.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 280, Sec. 8. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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49432. Every public school may post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations, and shall inform the public about the content of the school’s local school wellness policy, established pursuant to the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296). The department shall develop the summary of state law and regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 280, Sec. 9. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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49434. Compliance with this article shall be monitored by the department in conformity with the United States Department of Agriculture’s administrative review process, as published in the Federal Register, Volume 77, Number 17, on January 26, 2012.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 706, Sec. 19. (AB 626) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49450.

49450. The governing board of any school district shall make such rules for the examination of the pupils in the public schools under its jurisdiction as will insure proper care of the pupils and proper secrecy in connection with any defect noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant and may tend to the correction of the physical defect.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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49451. A parent or guardian having control or charge of any child enrolled in the public schools may file annually with the principal of the school in which he is enrolled a statement in writing, signed by the parent or guardian, stating that he will not consent to a physical examination of his child. Thereupon the child shall be exempt from any physical examination, but whenever there is a good reason to believe that the child is suffering from a recognized contagious or infectious disease, he shall be sent home and shall not be permitted to return until the school authorities are satisfied that any contagious or infectious disease does not exist.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49452.

49452. (a) The governing board of a school district shall, subject to Section 49451, provide for the testing of the sight and hearing of each pupil enrolled in the schools of the school district.
(b) The test shall be adequate in nature and shall be given only by any of the following:
(1) By duly qualified supervisors of health employed by the school district.
(2) By certificated employees, registered nurses, or licensed vocational nurses, under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, of the school district, charter school, or the county superintendent of schools who possess the qualifications prescribed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
(3) By contract with an agency duly authorized to perform those services by the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the school district is located, under guidelines established by the state board.
(4) By accredited schools or colleges of optometry, osteopathic medicine, or medicine.
(c) The records of the tests shall serve as evidence of the need of the pupils for the educational facilities provided physically handicapped individuals. The equipment necessary to conduct the tests may be purchased or rented by governing boards of school districts. The state, any agency, or political subdivision thereof may sell or rent such equipment owned by it to the governing board of a school district upon terms as may be mutually agreeable.
(d) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Credentialed school nurse” means only qualified persons who possess an appropriate credential issued pursuant to Section 44267.5.
(2) “Licensed vocational nurse” means a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 2840) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 853, Sec. 2. (AB 1722) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49452.6.

49452.6. (a) The department, in coordination with any other entity the department deems appropriate, shall develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of pupils. The informational materials shall be made available to each school district, county office of education, and charter school through the department’s internet website.
(b) On and after January 1, 2023, the governing board of a school district, county board of education, and governing body of a charter school shall make the type 1 diabetes informational materials accessible to the parent or guardian of a pupil when the pupil is first enrolled in elementary school, or with the information provided pursuant to Section 48980.
(c) Information provided to parents and guardians pursuant to this section may include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A description of type 1 diabetes.
(2) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with type 1 diabetes.
(3) A recommendation regarding those pupils displaying warning signs associated with type 1 diabetes that the parents or guardians of those pupils should immediately consult with the pupil’s primary care provider to determine if immediate screening for type 1 diabetes is appropriate.
(4) A description of the screening process for type 1 diabetes and the implications of test results.
(5) A recommendation that, following a type 1 diagnosis, parents or guardians should consult with the pupil’s primary care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan, which may include consultation with and examination by a specialty care provider, including, but not limited to, a properly qualified endocrinologist.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 674, Sec. 1. (SB 97) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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49452.7. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, the school district shall provide an information sheet regarding type 2 diabetes to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade pupils. The information sheet may be provided to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th graders with the information provided pursuant to Section 48980. The information sheet shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A description of type 2 diabetes.
(2) A description of the risk factors and warning signs associated with type 2 diabetes.
(3) A recommendation that pupils displaying or possibly suffering from risk factors or warning signs associated with type 2 diabetes should be screened for type 2 diabetes.
(4) A description of treatments and prevention methods of type 2 diabetes.
(5) A description of the different types of diabetes screening tests available.
(b) The information sheet shall be developed by the State Department of Education in coordination with any other entity the department deems appropriate. The information sheet shall be made available to each school district through the State Department of Education’s Web site and any other Web site the department deems appropriate, as well as by providing written copies of the information sheet to the school district upon written request to the department.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts, to the extent that resources or funds, or both, are available, provide information to parents regarding locations at which parents may receive diabetes screening and education services at free or reduced costs from public or private sources.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 235, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49454.

49454. A person employed by a school district in a position requiring certification qualifications who holds a valid special credential authorizing the teaching of lipreading or the teaching of the deaf and hard of hearing or a standard teaching credential with specialized preparation in the area of the deaf and hard of hearing or in the area of the speech and hearing handicapped or who holds a certificate of registration to serve as a school audiometrist issued by the State Department of Health Services may, subject to Section 49451, test the hearing of pupils of the district through the use of an audiometer for the purpose of detecting pupils with impaired hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 96.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49455.

49455. (a) (1) During the kindergarten year or upon first enrollment or entry in a California school district of a pupil at an elementary school, and in grades 2, 5, and 8, the pupil’s vision shall be appraised by the school nurse or other authorized person under Section 49452.
(2) A pupil whose first enrollment or entry occurs in grade 4 or 7 shall not be required to be appraised in the year immediately following the pupil’s first enrollment or entry.
(b) The vision appraisal shall include tests for near vision, far vision, and color vision; however, color vision shall be appraised once and only on male pupils, and the results of the appraisal shall be entered in the health record of the pupil. Color vision appraisal need not begin until the male pupil has reached the first grade.
(c) The appraisal may be waived, if the pupil’s parents so desire, by their presenting of a certificate from a physician and surgeon, a physician assistant practicing in compliance with Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, or an optometrist setting out the results of a determination of the pupil’s vision, including visual acuity and color vision.
(d) A pupil’s vision may be appraised by using an eye chart or any other scientifically validated photoscreening test. Photoscreening tests shall be performed, under an agreement with, or the supervision of, an optometrist or ophthalmologist, by the school nurse or a trained individual who meets requirements established by the department.
(e) Continual and regular observation of the pupil’s eyes, appearance, behavior, visual performance, and perception that may indicate vision difficulties shall be done by the school nurse and the classroom teacher.
(f) This section shall not apply to a pupil whose parents or guardian file with the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolling, a statement in writing that they adhere to the faith or teachings of any well-recognized religious sect, denomination, or organization and in accordance with its creed, tenets, or principles depend for healing upon prayer in the practice of their religion.
(g) The department shall adopt guidelines to implement this section, including training requirements and a method of testing for near vision.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 853, Sec. 3. (AB 1722) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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49456. (a) When a defect other than a visual defect has been noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant, a report shall be made to the parent or guardian of the child, asking the parent or guardian to take such action as will cure or correct the defect. Such report, if made in writing, shall not include any recommendation suggesting or directing the pupil to a designated individual for the purpose of curing or correcting any defect referred to in the report.
(b) When a visual defect has been noted by the supervisor of health or his assistant, a report shall be made to the parent or guardian of the child, asking the parent or guardian to take such action as will correct the defect. Such report, if made in writing, must be made on a form prescribed or approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and shall not include therein any recommendation suggesting or directing the pupil to a designated individual or class of practitioner for the purpose of correcting any defect referred to in the report.
(c) The provisions of this section do not prevent a supervisor of health from recommending in a written report that the child be taken to a public clinic or diagnostic and treatment center operated by a public hospital or by the state, county, or city department of public health.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 843.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49457.

49457. The supervisor of health shall make such reports from time to time as he deems best to the governing board of the school district, or as the board may call for, showing the number of defective children in the schools of the district and the effort made to correct the defects.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 27 - PUPILS › CHAPTER 9 - Pupil and Personnel Health › ARTICLE 4 - Physical Examinations › Section 49458.

49458. When a school district or a county superintendent of schools requires a physical examination as a condition of participation in an interscholastic athletic program, the physical examination may be performed by a physician and surgeon or physician assistant practicing in compliance with Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 512, Sec. 8. (SB 1069) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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49460. (a) The State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly enter into a collaborative agreement with the California State University, the University of California, and California medical schools, to establish a standardized health assessment of the children within public schools, and develop a data base on the health of children who are representative of the state’s population. The California State University is responsible for coordinating this effort.
(b) The agreement shall address all of the following:
(1) Conducting the health assessment which may include the following:
(A) Anthropometric measures.
(B) Testing for physical fitness.
(C) Testing for chronic disease indicators by using the following methods:
(i) A survey of family health and medical history.
(ii) Blood pressure measurement.
(iii) A blood panel by participating pupils, on a voluntary basis, and with the written consent of the pupil’s parent or guardian.
(D) Assessment of the nutritional status of participating pupils.
(E) Conducting a voluntary and anonymous survey relating to alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, and related diseases.
(2) Establishing a coordinating center at the California State University, in collaboration with the University of California and California medical schools, with pupil assessment sites at public schools.
(3) Summarizing the assessment findings that shall be made available to the public.
(4) Providing the assessment results to the State Department of Health Services, other state agencies, and to medical and education groups.
(c) No child shall be required to participate in a standardized health assessment program if the parent or guardian of that child objects to that participation because the program conflicts with the religious beliefs of the parent or guardian. The objection shall be made in a written form and shall be included in a letter submitted to the coordinating center, acknowledging parental notice of the health assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 430, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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49461. The coordinating center at the California State University shall select a sample of schools that is demographically and ethnically representative of the state’s population to participate in the health assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 430, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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49462. The health assessment shall be conducted over a four-year period and shall be completed on or before December 31, 2002.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 430, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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49463. The California State University shall notify the parent or guardian of each pupil for whom the assessment has detected health problems and shall recommend further consultation with a physician. If there is no physician available, the coordinating center shall direct the parent or guardian to an appropriate medical referral. Under no circumstances shall a school, the California State University, or the University of California be held liable for the parent or guardian’s action, or failure to take action on seeking medical care for the identified health problem. This section is not applicable to alcohol, drug, and tobacco use.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 430, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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49464. The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall be provided with scientifically valid results of the health assessment that may be used to base revisions of school curriculum, state health programs, and teacher and personnel training related to child health and development.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1246, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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49465. (a) The agencies enumerated in Section 49460 shall only be required to implement this article upon the availability of funds received from the private sector and state funds appropriated for the purposes of this article in a total amount sufficient to cover all costs relating to the implementation and continuing administration of this article.
(b) The California State University shall notify all participating entities, including school districts, the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Services, the State Department of Social Services, and the University of California when sufficient funds are available to meet the requirements specified in subdivision (a).
(c) All funds received from the private sector under this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury and are continuously appropriated to the California State University, which shall allocate those funds to participating agencies to reimburse those agencies for costs incurred in carrying out this article. The amounts allocated to the State Department of Education shall include amounts sufficient to reimburse participating school districts for any costs incurred pursuant to this article.
(d) No school district shall be required to participate in the assessments unless it is reimbursed from those funds for all costs incurred pursuant to this article.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that each fiscal year funds be appropriated to the California State University for the purposes of this article in an amount equal to the private sector funds received for those purposes for the relevant fiscal year, up to a maximum of one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) in state funds in any fiscal year. Under no circumstances shall state funds appropriated for the purposes of this article be apportioned in any fiscal year until the private funds necessary to fully fund the assessment required by this article have been received.
(f) Reimbursements pursuant to this section shall be limited to the amounts and purposes specified in the collaborative agreement described in Section 49460.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 430, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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49466. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 195, Sec. 5. Effective July 12, 1994.)
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49468. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Seizure Safe Schools Act.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49468.1. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Authorizing physician and surgeon” may include, but is not limited to, a physician and surgeon employed by, or contracted with, a local educational agency, a medical director of the local health department, or a local emergency medical services director.
(b) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(c) “School” means a public school maintained by a school district or county office of education, or a charter school.
(d) “Seizure action plan” means a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy.
(e) “Volunteer” means an employee who (1) has volunteered to administer emergency anti-seizure medication to a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy if the pupil is suffering from a seizure, (2) has been designated by a school or local educational agency, and (3) has received training pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 49468.2.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49468.4. Emergency anti-seizure medication or medication prescribed to a pupil to treat the pupil’s seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy symptoms shall be provided to the school with the label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy intact.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49468.5. (a) Any local educational agency that designates volunteers pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 49468.2 shall ensure that each employee who volunteers under this article will be provided defense and indemnification by the local educational agency for any and all civil liability, in accordance with, but not limited to, that provided in Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code. This information shall be reduced to writing, provided to the volunteer, and retained in the volunteer’s personnel file.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in paragraph (2), a person trained as required under subdivision (c) of Section 49468.2 who administers emergency anti-seizure medication or medication prescribed for seizure disorder symptoms in compliance with this article, in good faith and not for compensation, to a pupil diagnosed with seizures, a seizure disorder, or epilepsy who appears to be experiencing a seizure shall not be subject to professional review, be liable in a civil action, or be subject to criminal prosecution for the person’s acts or omissions in administering the emergency anti-seizure medication.
(2) The protection specified in paragraph (1) shall not affect any of the following:
(A) A person’s liability for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
(B) A person’s culpability for an act that constitutes a crime and is not specifically authorized by this article.
(C) The ability of a licensing board to take disciplinary action against a licensed health care professional for an act not specifically authorized by this article.
(3) Any public employee who volunteers to administer emergency anti-seizure medication pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49468.2 is not providing emergency medical care for compensation, notwithstanding the fact that the employee is a paid public employee.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. (AB 1810) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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49470. The governing board of any school district or districts may provide, or make available, medical or hospital service, or both, through nonprofit membership corporations defraying the cost of medical service or hospital service, or both, or through group, blanket or individual policies of accident insurance from authorized insurer, for pupils of the district or districts injured while participating in athletic activities under the jurisdiction of, or sponsored or controlled by, the district or districts or the authorities of any school of the district or districts. The cost of the insurance or membership may be paid, from the funds of the district or districts, or by the insured pupil, his parent or guardian.
The insurance may be purchased from, or the membership may be taken in, only such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business in this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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49471. If the governing board of any school district maintaining junior high schools or high schools does not provide or make available medical and hospital services for pupils of the district injured while participating in athletic activities, in accordance with Section 49470, the board shall notify, in writing, the parent or guardian of each pupil of the district participating in such athletic activities that the services are not provided or made available by the governing board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)