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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-14 - Retirement credit for members teaching less than full time

Current through July 10, 2024
A member of the teachers' retirement system who is employed for
				a full school year or any part thereof as a regular teacher for an average of
				one-half of a school day or more, shall receive a retirement credit based on
				the ratio as determined by the Teachers' Retirement Board of such retirement
				credit allowed a retiring teacher who served in a full time teaching position
				for the entire period of service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-15 - Proof of date of birth

Current through July 10, 2024
To prove the date of birth other than by birth certificate, the
				member shall file with the board the following:
(1) A written statement from the registrar of
			 vital statistics stating no such record is available,
(2) a statement of the member made under oath
			 setting forth the date he has always been given to believe is his correct date
			 of birth and
(3) two of the
			 following: The earliest available census record, a baptismal record, an
			 insurance record, an early school record and an official or photostatic copy of
			 his military record.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-16 - Coparticipant optional payment form

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Procedure
			 for electing a coparticipant option.
(1) Form for Making Election. Election of a
			 Coparticipant Option is accomplished by the filing with the Teachers'
			 Retirement Board at its offices in Hartford an official form provided by the
			 board which states the name, address, date of birth and relationship to the
			 member of the person designated as the member's coparticipant, states the
			 percentage of the member's monthly retirement benefit which is to be continued
			 to the coparticipant upon the death of the member, and contains the signature
			 of the member and a witness and the date the form is executed.
(2) Coparticipant. A member may designate as
			 coparticipant a spouse, a brother or sister, or a parent if such parent is at
			 the time the election form is filed dependent for support on the member.
			 Election of a parent should be accompanied by a copy of the most recent Federal
			 Income Tax form filed by the member and on which the parent has been identified
			 as a dependent, or such other evidence of dependency which will satisfy the
			 Board that the designated coparticipant qualifies as an eligible person under
			 the provisions of subsection (c) of section
			 10-183j,
			 General Statutes. A birth certificate or notarized statement supported by other
			 evidence satisfactory to the Board must be filed for both the member and
			 coparticipant.
(3) Benefit to
			 Coparticipant. A member may elect to provide a monthly life income to be paid
			 upon his/her death to the coparticipant so designated equal to the full amount
			 of the actuarially reduced monthly retirement benefit payable to such member,
			 or one-third, one-half, two-thirds, or three-fourths of such retirement
			 benefit.
(4) Effective Date of
			 Coparticipant Option. The election of a coparticipant option will become
			 effective
(A) one year from the date the
			 election form, including any required coparticipant identification as set out
			 in subdivision (2) of this subsection, is filed with the Board, or
(B) on the date of the filing of the election
			 form, required coparticipant identification, and medical evidence found by the
			 Board to be sufficient to establish that the member is in good health; provided
			 that no coparticipant election shall become effective earlier than the date the
			 member first becomes eligible to retire and begin receiving a retirement
			 allowance under the normal, early, deferred-vested, or proratable retirement
			 forms.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-17 - Personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
(1) The following definitions shall apply to
			 these regulations:
(A) "Category of Personal
			 Data" means the classifications of personal information set forth in the
			 Personal Data Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec.
			 4-190(9).
(B) "Other Data" means any information which
			 because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily
			 associated with a particular person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-18 - Hearing procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Scope.
This regulation shall apply to all hearings conducted by
			 the Teachers' Retirement Board. Hearings will be held upon a timely written
			 request for a hearing by any person receiving notice pursuant to section
			 10-183l-19
			 of the board's intention to discontinue or reduce the amount of his or her
			 periodic benefits or when a petition for a declaratory ruling is filed and the
			 board votes to hold a hearing thereon.
(b)
Initial Determination.
In
			 each case where a hearing is to be held the board shall determine whether the
			 hearing will be before the entire board or a panel of the board. Where a
			 hearing is to be held before the full board, the chairperson shall be the
			 presiding officer.
(c)
Hearing Panel.
If not heard by the full board, the matter shall be
			 heard by a three-member panel of the board consisting of at least one teacher
			 member and one member who is not a teacher member. The chairperson of the board
			 shall designate the panel in writing and shall also designate in writing one of
			 its members to act as presiding officer. The panel shall make a written
			 recommendation, together with a summary of the evidence presented and the
			 reasons for its decision, to the board concerning the matter at the next
			 regular meeting of the board.
(d)
Notice of hearings.
At least fourteen days prior to a scheduled
			 hearing the board shall give written notice of the hearing in any pending
			 matter to all parties, to all persons otherwise required by statute to be
			 notified, and to such other persons as have filed with the board their written
			 request for notice of hearing in a particular matter. The board may give such
			 public notice of the hearing as it shall deem appropriate within the provisions
			 of sections
			 1-15,
			 1-18a, 1-19 to
			 1-19b, inclusive, and
			 1-21 to 1-21k, inclusive, of the General Statutes. Notice of hearing shall
			 include but shall not be limited to the following:
(1) a statement of the time, place and nature
			 of the hearing;
(2) a statement of
			 the legal authority under which the hearing is to be held and the particular
			 sections of the statutes and regulations involved;
(3) a short and plain statement of facts
			 describing the purpose of the hearing and the principal facts to be asserted
			 therein or, in lieu thereof, if the hearing is upon a petition for a
			 declaratory ruling, a copy of the petition.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-19 - Discontinuance of or reduction in benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
Prior to the discontinuance or reduction of any periodic
				benefits provided for in chapter 167a for reasons other than those contemplated
				by the payment plan election made under section
				10-183j
				of the Connecticut General Statutes the board shall provide the beneficiary
				with notice of such intention and a statement of the reason and legal authority
				therefor. Said notice shall also advise the beneficiary of his or her right to
				make written request on or before fourteen days after mailing of the notice to
				the board for a hearing prior to discontinuance or reduction. If a written
				request for a hearing is made on or before the fourteenth day after the mailing
				of said notice, then no discontinuance or reduction shall be made until such
				time as authorized by a decision rendered in accordance with section
				10-183l-18.
				If, however, no written request is received by the board on or before the
				fourteenth day after mailing of the notice, the board may discontinue or reduce
				the benefit on the day following the fourteenth day after the mailing of the
				notice.
In those cases where the requesting party fails to appear at a
				hearing, he or she shall be deemed to have withdrawn his or her request for a
				hearing, and the board may discontinue or reduce the benefit without first
				rendering a decision in accordance with section
				10-183l-18.
Notice under this section shall be by personal delivery or
				certified mail.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-20a - Petitions for declaratory ruling

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Scope.
These regulations set forth the state teachers' retirement
			 board's rules governing the form and content of petitions for declaratory
			 ruling, and board proceedings on such petitions. Petitions for declaratory
			 rulings may be filed on:
(1) the validity of
			 any regulation of the board, and
(2) the applicability to specified
			 circumstances of a provision of the general statutes, a regulation, or a final
			 decision (as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec.
			 4-166(3)
			 ) on a matter within the jurisdiction of the board. Any petition for a
			 declaratory ruling not falling in one of these two categories will be rejected
			 in writing by the board as not being the proper subject for a petition for a
			 declaratory ruling.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-21 - Leaves of absence

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Creditable leaves.
An absence from active teaching service in the
			 public schools of this state shall be creditable toward retirement provided
			 such absence is a formal leave of absence granted by a teacher's employer, or
			 is an absence due to illness. A member establishes that a formal leave of
			 absence has been granted by his or her employer through records of the employer
			 created at the time the leave of absence was granted. A member establishes that
			 an absence was due to illness either by means of employer records which
			 indicate a formal leave of absence was granted by the employer or through
			 medical or other evidence satisfactory to the Board. A member who is performing
			 active service in a teaching position at less than full time is not considered
			 to be absent from active teaching service.
(b)
Purchase of retirement
			 credit.
The purchase of retirement credit for a leave of absence as
			 defined in subsection (a) of this section is accomplished by:
(1) the payment of mandatory contributions to
			 the Board during each month of the leave at the rate mandated in section
			 10-183n
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes times the annual salary rate that would
			 have been earned by the member for full-time service during that period,
			 or
(2) the payment of mandatory
			 contributions to the Board at the time of retirement as provided in section
			 10-183e(c)
			 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-22 - Membership and credit in the teachers' retirement system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Eligibility for Membership.
A person is a member in the State
			 Teachers' Retirement System if that person is employed in the public schools of
			 Connecticut by a local board of education for an average of one-half time or
			 more in a position requiring certification by the state department of education
			 and that person holds the certificate so required. A person may also be a
			 member in the State Teachers' Retirement System if that person is a member of
			 the professional staff of the state board of education or of the board of
			 governors of higher education or any of its constituent units.
(b)
Mandatory Contributions.
A
			 person who is a member in the State Teachers' Retirement System shall make
			 mandatory contributions to the Teachers' Retirement Fund each month at the rate
			 specified in section
			 10-183n
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Mandatory contributions shall be forwarded
			 by the employer to the teachers' retirement board by the last day of each
			 month. Monthly contributions shall be in the amount of one-tenth of the
			 member's annual mandatory contributions, and shall be made for any month in
			 which the member was employed on the first school day of that month. No
			 contribution is due from any person for any month in which that person was not
			 employed on the first school day of that month.
(c)
Credit for Service.
A member
			 shall receive a month of credit for each month of service described in
			 subsection (a), of this section for which mandatory contributions are made in
			 accordance with subsection (b), of this section. Ten months of credited service
			 shall be equal to one year of credited service. A member may not accumulate
			 more than one year of credited service during any school year. No credit is
			 given for any month in which the member was not employed on the first school
			 day of that month.
(d)
Service Not Qualifying a Person for Membership.
A person who has
			 been employed by a local board of education for an average of one-half time or
			 more in a position not requiring certification by the state department of
			 education, but such position at a later date is regulated by the state
			 department of education and requires an incumbent to hold state certification,
			 and that person while performing services in that position is a certified
			 teacher, may obtain credit for such service. Such credit shall be obtained by
			 payment of the mandatory contributions which would have been assessed on the
			 salary earned in that position had it met the standards of subsection (a), of
			 this section, plus credited interest. Credit obtained under this subsection
			 shall be treated as service which determines the member's eligibility for
			 retirement benefits.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-23 - Disability benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this Section:
(1) "Average annual salary" means the average
			 annual salary received during the member's three years of highest
			 salary.
(2) "Eligible for a
			 disability allowance" means the status of a member who meets the requirements
			 of subsection (a) of Section
			 10-183aa of
			 the General Statutes, and who has submitted an application for a disability
			 allowance and has been determined to have met the definition of "disabled" as
			 found in section
			 10-183b of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) "Normal retirement date" means the date a
			 member would be able to begin receiving a normal retirement benefit under
			 section
			 10-183f(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, determined on the basis of both actual
			 service prior to disability and service credited under section
			 10-183aa(d)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) "Service retirement benefit" means a
			 retirement benefit which is determined on the basis of the member's age and
			 years of credited service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-24 - Early retirement incentive plan

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Notice to
			 Board.
Upon adoption of an early retirement incentive plan in accordance
			 with Public Act No. 89-233, the employer shall notify the State Teachers'
			 Retirement System on an official form approved by the State Teachers'
			 Retirement Board.
(b)
Teacher
			 Application.
A teacher may initiate action to retire under the locally
			 adopted early retirement incentive plan in accordance with Public Act No.
			 89-233 by completing the employee section of a form adopted by the State
			 Teachers' Retirement Board and by filing such form with the employer. The
			 employer will then complete the balance of the form and file it with the
			 Teachers' Retirement System no later than the last day of the month preceding
			 the date of retirement.
(c)
Purchase of Service Credit.
The cost to the employer for
			 additional credited service purchased will be determined by factors recommended
			 by the actuary for the State Teachers' Retirement Board as sufficient to yield
			 an amount equal to the additional liability created by such purchase of
			 additional credited service. Actuarial cost factors will be revised no more
			 frequently than once a year, and revised factors shall apply only to purchases
			 of service made after the adoption by the Teachers' Retirement Board of such
			 revised factors.
(d)
Payment
			 in Installments.
An employer may pay the cost of purchased additional
			 service credit in one sum, or in equal annual installments over a number of
			 years equal to the number of years purchased under the plan it had adopted. The
			 due date for payment for service shall be June 30 of the year in which service
			 is purchased, and interest at the rate of nine per cent shall be assessed on
			 all payments made after that date, and on annual installment payments. Any
			 payment made before August 1 shall be deemed to have been made on June
			 30.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 204a - School Immunizations Requirements › Section 10-204a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				10-204a-2
				through
				10-204a-4
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Public Health.
(b) "Department"
			 means the Department of Public Health.
(c) "Local health authority" means and
			 includes the town, city, borough and local district director of health, local
			 superintendent and Commissioner of Public Health and any officer or person
			 having the usual powers and duties of a local director of health.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 204a - School Immunizations Requirements › Section 10-204a-2a - Adequate immunization

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Measles.
An individual shall be considered adequately protected
			 against measles if that individual:
(1) is
			 enrolled in preschool and was immunized by use of one (1) dose of live
			 attenuated measles vaccine on or after that individual's first birthday;
			 or
(2) on or after August 1, 2011,
			 is enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 and was immunized against measles
			 by use of two (2) doses of a live attenuated measles vaccine given at least
			 twenty-eight (28) days apart, the first on or after that individual's first
			 birthday; or
(3) has had protection
			 against measles confirmed in writing by a physician, physician assistant or
			 advanced practice registered nurse based on specific blood testing by a
			 certified laboratory.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 204a - School Immunizations Requirements › Section 10-204a-3a - Immunization in progress

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In those
			 instances at school entry where a school-aged child is not adequately immunized
			 school attendance shall be permitted only if that child:
(1) has received a dose of each required
			 vaccine for which that child is behind in the month prior to first attendance;
			 and
(2) continues on the catch-up
			 schedule recommended in the most recent standards of care for immunizations in
			 Connecticut as prescribed in accordance with the provisions of section
			 19a-7f
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes until adequately immunized.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 204a - School Immunizations Requirements › Section 10-204a-4 - Procedures for reporting immunization data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Immunization
			 data specific to the individual shall be recorded on a student's health
			 assessment record according to Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 10-206(d).
(b) Annually, the department shall prepare
			 and distribute to all public and nonpublic schools a school immunization survey
			 summary form. Schools shall complete the survey form and return the completed
			 form to the department at a place and time determined by the
			 department.
(c) All immunization
			 information collected by the department shall be confidential.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-2 - Qualifications of a school nurse

Current through July 10, 2024
Except as provided in Section
				10-212-3, in
				order to qualify as a school nurse each nurse or nurse practitioner shall meet
				the following requirements:
(a)
Licensure-
Each nurse or nurse practitioner shall be a registered
			 professional nurse, designated as R.N., as defined in Section
			 20-87a
			 of the General Statutes, and currently licensed in the state of
			 Connecticut.
(b)
Experience-
Each nurse or nurse practitioner shall have at least
			 the equivalent of one year full time working experience as a registered nurse
			 within five (5) years immediately prior to employment as a school
			 nurse.
(c)
Education-
Each nurse or nurse practitioner shall have academic preparation to include
			 twelve (12) academic credits at a licensed or accredited institution of higher
			 learning or eighteen (18) continuing education units (CEUs) or one hundred
			 eighty (180) workshop or inservice hours distributed as follows:
(1) Six (6) credits or nine (9) CEUs or
			 ninety (90) workshop hours in at least two of the following subject areas:
(A) Growth and Development
(B) Health Assessment
(C) Public or Community Health or School
			 Health
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-3 - Grandparent clause

Current through July 10, 2024
A nurse or nurse practitioner who meets the licensure
				requirements of Subsection (a) of Section
				10-212-2
				of these regulations, who is employed as a nurse in public or nonpublic
				elementary or secondary schools on the effective date of these regulations, and
				who has been employed as a nurse in such schools for the equivalent of five
				years full time shall be considered to have met all the educational
				qualifications of a school nurse pursuant to Section
				10-212-2.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-4 - Provisional qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
A nurse or nurse practitioner who (a) meets the requirements
				for licensure pursuant to Subsection (a) of Section
				10-212-2
				of these regulations and (b) who either has (1) the experience required
				pursuant to Section
				10-212-2
				or (2) taken three academic credits or four and one-half CEUs or forty-five
				(45) workshop hours in any area enumerated in Subsection (c) of Section
				10-212-2
				within five (5) years immediately prior to employment as a school nurse shall
				be provisionally qualified to serve as a school nurse. Such provisional
				qualification shall be valid in Connecticut for no more than three (3) years.
				Upon completion of the requirements for qualification as school nurse, such
				nurse or nurse practitioner shall no longer be designated as provisionally
				qualified.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-5 - Continuing qualification as school nurse

Current through July 10, 2024
A school nurse qualified pursuant to Sections
				10-212-2
				or
				10-212-3 shall
				continue to be so qualified, provided that such nurse participates in at least
				ten hours of professional development programs or activities approved by the
				local or regional board of education in each two-year period commencing on the
				effective date of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-6 - Authority of a local or regional board of education to appoint a school nurse

Current through July 10, 2024
A local or regional board of education may require that each
				registered nurse providing school health services meets the qualifications as
				set forth in Section
				10-212-2
				of these regulations whether employed by the board of education or appointed
				under contract with a local health agency.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212 - School Nurses and Nurse Practitioners › Section 10-212-7 - Compliance in a different manner

Current through July 10, 2024
A local or regional board of education of any town having a
				population of less than ten thousand, which has appointed a legally qualified
				practitioner of medicine as school medical advisor, may submit a written
				proposal, for prior approval by the State Board of Education, to document
				compliance with any requirement of these regulations in a manner different from
				that specified in these regulations. Such proposal may be approved if it
				appears that it will substantially meet the goals of these
				regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-3 - Training of school personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each Board of
			 Education which allows qualified personnel for schools, in the absence of a
			 school nurse, to administer medications to students who have a written order
			 from a physician, dentist, optometrist, advanced practice registered nurse, or
			 physician assistant, and the written authorization of a parent or guardian,
			 shall provide training to designated qualified personnel for schools in the
			 safe administration of medications at least annually.
(b) Only qualified personnel for schools who
			 have received such annual training from the school nurse or school medical
			 advisor shall be allowed to administer medications to students who have a
			 written order from a physician, dentist, optometrist, advanced practice
			 registered nurse, or physician assistant, and the written authorization of a
			 parent or guardian. This training shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) The general principles of safe
			 administration of medication;
(2)
			 The procedural aspects of the administration of medication, including the safe
			 handling and storage of medications, and documentation; and
(3) Specific information related to each
			 student's medication and each student's medication plan including the name and
			 generic name of the medication, indications for medication, dosage, routes,
			 time and frequency of administration, therapeutic effects of the medication,
			 potential side effects, overdose or missed dose of the medication, and when to
			 implement emergency interventions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-4 - Self administration of medications

Current through July 10, 2024
The Board of Education shall permit those students who have a
				verified chronic medical condition and are deemed capable to self-administer
				prescribed emergency medication, including rescue asthma inhalers and cartridge
				injectors for medically-diagnosed allergies, to self-administer such
				medication, and may permit such students to self- administer other medications,
				excluding controlled drugs as defined in Section
				10-212a-1
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, provided:
(a) An authorized prescriber provides a
			 written medication order including the recommendation for
			 self-administration;
(b) a parent
			 or guardian or eligible student provides written authorization for
			 self-administration of medications;
(c)
(1) the
			 school nurse has assessed the student's competency for self-administration in
			 the school setting and deemed it to be safe and appropriate including that a
			 student:
(A) is capable of identifying and
			 selecting the appropriate medication by size, color, amount, or other label
			 identification;
(B) knows the
			 frequency and time of day for which the medication is ordered;
(C) can identify the presenting symptoms that
			 require medication;
(D) administers
			 the medication appropriately;
(E)
			 maintains safe control of the medication at all times;
(F) seeks adult supervision whenever
			 warranted; and
(G) cooperates with
			 the established medication plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-5 - Handling, storage and disposal of medications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All
			 medications, except those approved for self-medication and epinephrine to be
			 used for the purpose of emergency first aid to students who do not have a prior
			 written authorization of a parent or guardian or a prior written order of a
			 qualified medical professional for the administration of epinephrine, shall be
			 delivered by the parent or other responsible adult to the school nurse or, in
			 the absence of such nurse, other qualified personnel for schools trained in the
			 administration of medication and assigned to the school.
(b) The nurse shall examine on-site any new
			 medication, medication order and parent authorization and, except for
			 epinephrine to be used for the purpose of emergency first aid to students who
			 do not have a prior written authorization of a parent or guardian or a prior
			 written order of a qualified medical professional for the administration of
			 epinephrine, develop an administration of medication plan for the student
			 before any medication is administered by any school personnel.
(c) The school nurse shall review all
			 medication refills with the medication order and parent authorization prior to
			 the administration of medication, except for epinephrine intended for emergency
			 administration to students who do not have a written prior authorization or
			 order.
(d) All medications shall be
			 properly stored as follows:
(1) Except as
			 otherwise determined by a student's emergency care plan, emergency medications
			 shall be stored in an unlocked, clearly labeled and readily accessible cabinet
			 or container in the health room during school hours under the general
			 supervision of the school nurse, or in the absence of the school nurse, the
			 principal or the principal's designee who has been trained in the
			 administration of medication;
(2)
			 Emergency medications will be locked beyond the regular school day or program
			 hours, except as otherwise determined by a student's emergency care
			 plan;
(3) All other non-controlled
			 medications, except those approved for self medication, shall be kept in a
			 designated locked container, cabinet or closet used exclusively for the storage
			 of medication;
(4) In the case of
			 controlled substances, they shall be stored separately from other medications
			 in a separate, secure, substantially constructed, locked metal or wood cabinet
			 pursuant to Section
			 21a-262-8
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-6 - Documentation and record keeping

Current through July 10, 2024
In addition to those records required for controlled drugs, the
				following shall apply:
(a) Each school
			 or before- and after-school program and school readiness program where
			 medications are administered shall maintain an individual medication
			 administration record for each student who receives medication during school or
			 program hours.
(1) Such record shall include:
(A) the name of the student;
(B) the name of the medication;
(C) the dosage of the medication;
(D) the route of administration;
(E) the frequency of
			 administration;
(F) the name of the
			 authorized prescriber;
(G) the
			 dates for initiating and terminating the administration of the medication
			 including extended year programs;
(H) the quantity received which shall be
			 verified by the adult delivering the medication;
(I) any student allergies to food or
			 medicine;
(J) the date and time of
			 administration or omission including the reason for the omission;
(K) the dose or amount of drug
			 administered;
(L) the full written
			 or electronic legal signature of the nurse or qualified personnel for schools
			 administering the medication; and
(M) for controlled medications, a medication
			 count which should be conducted and documented at least once a week and
			 co-signed by the assigned nurse and a witness.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-7 - Supervision

Current through July 10, 2024
The school nurse is responsible for general supervision of
				administration of medications in the schools to which that nurse is assigned.
				This shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) availability on a regularly scheduled
			 basis to:
(1) review orders and changes in
			 orders, and communicate these to the personnel designated to give
			 medication;
(2) set up a plan and
			 schedule to ensure medications are administered properly;
(3) provide training to qualified personnel
			 for schools and other licensed nursing personnel in the administration of
			 medications and assess that the qualified personnel for schools are competent
			 to administer medication;
(4)
			 support and assist other licensed nursing personnel and qualified personnel for
			 schools to prepare for and implement their responsibilities related to the
			 administration of specific medications during school hours;
(5) provide appropriate follow-up to ensure
			 the administration of medication plan results in desired student
			 outcomes;
(6) provide consultation
			 by telephone or other means of telecommunication. In the absence of the school
			 nurse, an authorized prescriber or other nurse may provide this
			 consultation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-8 - Administration of medications by coaches and licensed athletic trainers during intramural and interscholastic events

Current through July 10, 2024
During intramural and interscholastic athletic events, a coach
				or licensed athletic trainer may administer medication for select students for
				whom self-administration plans are not viable options as determined by the
				school nurse for (1) inhalant medications prescribed to treat respiratory
				conditions and (2) medication administered with a cartridge injector for
				students with a medically diagnosed allergic condition which may require prompt
				treatment to protect the student against serious harm or death, provided the
				requirements in subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of this Section have been
				met.
(a) The coach or licensed
			 athletic trainer shall be trained in:
(1) the
			 general principles of the administration of medication applicable to receiving,
			 storing and assisting with inhalant medications or cartridge injector
			 medications, and documentation;
(2)
			 student specific needs for assistance according to the individualized
			 medication plan.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-9 - Administration of medications by paraprofessionals pursuant to Section 10-212a(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes

Current through July 10, 2024
Except as provided in subsection (e) of Section
				10-212a-2
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, if approved by the local or
				regional board of education, paraprofessionals, in the absence of a school
				nurse, may only administer medications to a specific student in order to
				protect that student from harm or death due to a medically diagnosed allergic
				condition according to the following:
(a) only with approval by the school medical
			 advisor and school nurse, in conjunction with the school nurse supervisor, and
			 under the supervision of the school nurse;
(b) with a proper medication authorization
			 from the authorized prescriber, according to Section
			 10-212a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(c) with parental permission to administer
			 the medication in school, according to Section
			 10-212a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(d) only medications necessary for prompt
			 treatment of an allergic reaction, including, but not limited to, a cartridge
			 injector; and
(e) the
			 paraprofessional shall have received proper training and supervision from the
			 school nurse which shall include all of the elements outlined in Sections
			 10-212a-3
			 and
			 10-212a-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 212a - Administration of Medication by School Personnel and Administration of Medication During Before- and After- School Programs and School Readiness Programs › Section 10-212a-10 - Administration of medication in school readiness programs and before- and after-school programs

Current through July 10, 2024
For school readiness programs and before- and after-school
				programs run by local or regional boards of education and municipalities which
				are exempt from licensure by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant to
				subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section
				19a-77
				of the Connecticut General Statutes:
(a) the local or regional board of education
			 shall develop policies and procedures, to be reviewed on an annual basis, for
			 administration of medication in these programs, with input from the school
			 medical advisor or a licensed physician and school nurse supervisor. These
			 policies shall include:
(1) determination of
			 the level of nursing services needed to ensure the safe administration of
			 medication within these programs including additional school nurse staffing
			 required based on the needs of the program and the program's
			 participants;
(2) who may
			 administer medication and whether a licensed nurse is required
			 on-site;
(3) the circumstances
			 under which self medication by students is permitted;
(4) the policies and procedures to be
			 followed in the event of a medication emergency or error;
(5) a requirement that local poison control
			 center information is readily available at these programs;
(6) the procedure to be followed in the event
			 of a medication emergency or error and the individuals or facilities to be
			 contacted in such event; and
(7)
			 the person responsible for decision making in the absence of the
			 nurse.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214 - Vision, Audiometric and Postural Screenings › Section 10-214-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Audiometric screening" means the process
			 for identification of individuals who are suspected of having hearing
			 sensitivity which differs significantly from the standards as set forth in
			 Section
			 10-214-3 of
			 these regulations.
(b) "Defect in
			 vision or disease of the eyes" means abnormality in visual acuity.
(c) "Equivalent screening" means use of a
			 test for vision screening other than the Snellen Chart which tests the distance
			 acuity of each eye.
(d) "Impairment
			 or defect of hearing" means failure to respond appropriately to puretone
			 stimuli at designated hearing levels on two successive screenings as set forth
			 in Section
			 10-214-3 of
			 these regulations.
(e) "Postural
			 screening" means observation for the physical signs which have high correlation
			 with postural problems as set forth in Section
			 10-214-4 of
			 these regulations.
(f) "Postural
			 problem" means scoliosis, an appreciable lateral deviation of the spine, or
			 kyphosis, an abnormally increased convexity of the thoracic spine, as defined
			 in Section
			 10-214-4 of
			 these regulations.
(g) "School
			 Nurse" means a registered nurse or nurse practitioner appointed and qualified
			 pursuant to Section
			 10-212
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and its regulations.
(h) "Screening" means the presumptive
			 identification of disease or physical defects by the application of brief
			 tests. The screening procedures described in these regulations shall also serve
			 to meet like requirements of health assessments as mandated by Section
			 10-206.
(i) "Snellen Chart" means the standardized
			 test using identification of letters or symbols to measure visual
			 acuity.
(j) "Vision screening"
			 means testing for visual distance acuity in each eye as set forth in Section
			 10-214-5 of
			 these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214 - Vision, Audiometric and Postural Screenings › Section 10-214-2 - General requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
All screenings shall be subject to the following
				requirements:
(a)
Personnel:
Screenings shall be performed by trained personnel
			 under supervision and in accordance with procedures approved by qualified
			 medical or nursing personnel employed for such purpose by local or regional
			 boards of education, such as a School Medical Advisor appointed pursuant to
			 Section
			 10-205
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes or a School Nurse appointed pursuant to
			 Section
			 10-212.
(b)
Environment:
(1) Screenings shall be performed in an area
			 which is clean, properly lighted and ventilated.
(2) A source of clean drinking water and a
			 toilet shall be readily available on the premises.
(3) Facilities shall be available for washing
			 of hands and cleaning of equipment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214 - Vision, Audiometric and Postural Screenings › Section 10-214-3 - Audiometric screening

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Personnel:
School nurses, registered nurses, speech pathologists,
			 audiologists, trained aides to school nurses, licensed practical nurses, and
			 trained volunteers may perform audiometric screening. All persons who conduct
			 audiometric screening shall have completed six (6) hours of training in this
			 area including practice supervised by a properly trained school nurse, speech
			 pathologist or audiologist. Children under age six (6) or handicapped students
			 shall be screened by persons with specific training and experience in screening
			 children in these categories.
(b)
Environment:
Screening shall be performed in an acoustic
			 environment sufficiently quiet for a subject with normal hearing sensitivity to
			 hear the test stimuli at the screening levels.
(c)
Equipment:
(1) Audiometers used shall provide calibrated
			 puretone stimuli at each of the following frequencies for each ear: 1,000,
			 2,000, 4,000 Hz, at a hearing level of 20 dB for 1,000 and 2,000 Hz and 25 dB
			 at 4,000 Hz.
(2) Audiometers used
			 shall meet the current American National Standards Institute specifications for
			 audiometers and shall be assessed at least annually for adequate calibration. A
			 statement showing the date and results of last calibration shall be kept with
			 each audiometer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214 - Vision, Audiometric and Postural Screenings › Section 10-214-4 - Postural screening

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Personnel:
Postural screening shall be performed by a school
			 nurse, registered nurse, or physical education teacher trained in such
			 screening methods.
(b)
Environment:
Each local and regional board of education shall
			 adopt procedures for the conduct of postural screening to ensure
			 privacy.
(c)
Screening:
(1) The parent or
			 guardian and the pupil shall receive information prior to the screening to
			 acquaint them with said screening.
(2) Clothing or a gown shall be arranged so
			 that the entire back including the waist line and the hip line shall be
			 observed without covering.
(3)
			 Observation for scoliosis and kyphosis shall consist of five key signs:
(a) rib or flank fullness upon forward
			 bend;
(b) shoulder height
			 difference;
(c) shoulder blade
			 prominence;
(d) waist line or hip
			 asymmetry; and
(e) obvious curve or
			 crease in back.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214 - Vision, Audiometric and Postural Screenings › Section 10-214-5 - Vision screening

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Personnel:
Any individual trained in screening methods recommended
			 by the Connecticut Society to Prevent Blindness or equivalent methods may
			 conduct vision screening.
(b)
Environment:
The examining area shall be well lighted and
			 screening charts shall be clean and free from glare.
(c)
Equipment:
The Snellen Chart
			 in the form of wall charts, cards and projection slides with standard
			 illumination or an equivalent screening device shall be used.
(d)
Screening:
(1) When the Snellen Chart is used, the
			 screening shall be administered at a twenty (20) foot distance from the
			 chart.
(2) Pupils who wear glasses
			 shall be screened with glasses.
(3)
			 The pupil shall be asked to read the letters with each eye separately for
			 visual acuity.