New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 16 - PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES › Section 6A:16-2.3 - Health services personnel

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The district
				board of education shall appoint a school physician pursuant to N.J.S.A.
				18A:40-1.
1. The school district shall
				conduct a criminal history background check on any physician before entering
				into an agreement for delivery of services.
2. The school physician shall be currently
				licensed by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners in medicine or osteopathy
				and shall have a training and scope of practice that includes child and
				adolescent health and development.
3. A contract between a school district and a
				school physician appointed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:40-1 shall include a
				statement of assurance that the school physician has completed the
				Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module developed
				pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:40-41d and has read the sudden cardiac arrest pamphlet
				developed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:40-41.
4. The school physician shall provide, at a
				minimum, the following services:
i.
				Consultation in the development and implementation of school district policies,
				procedures and mechanisms related to health, safety and medical emergencies
				pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:16-2.1(a);
ii. Consultation to school district medical
				staff regarding the delivery of school health services, which includes special
				health care needs of technology-supported and medically fragile children,
				including students covered by
				20 U.S.C. §§
												1400. et seq., Individuals with Disabilities
				Education Act;
iii. Physical
				examinations conducted in the school physician's office or other comparably
				equipped facility for students who do not have a medical home;
iv. Provision of written notification to the
				parent stating approval or disapproval of the student's participation in
				athletics based upon the medical report;
v. Direction for professional duties of other
				medical staff;
vi. Written standing
				orders that shall be reviewed and reissued before the beginning of each school
				year;
vii. Establishment of
				standards of care for emergency situations and medically related care involving
				students and school staff;
viii.
				Assistance to the certified school nurse or noncertified nurse in conducting
				health screenings of students and staff and assistance with the delivery of
				school health services;
ix. Review,
				as needed, of reports and orders from a student's medical home regarding
				student health concerns;
x.
				Authorization of tuberculin testing for conditions outlined in
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:16-2.2(c);
xi. Review, approval, or denial with reasons
				of a medical home determination of a student's anticipated confinement and
				resulting need for home instruction; and
xii. Consultation with the school district
				certified school nurse(s) to obtain input for the development of the school
				nursing services plan, pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:16-2.1(b).