West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-051 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2423) › Section 126-51-5 - Health Promotion through School Screenings/Examinations

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
5.1. All schools
				support and assist students in being healthy learners through promoting annual
				well child examinations, biannual dental examinations by a licensed dentist,
				up-to-date immunizations, emergency information, preventive health care and
				enrollment for children and families into health care insurance. A
				public/private partnership is easily accomplished through school nursing
				services, local WVDHHR/Bureau services, school-based services (including
				medical, mental and oral health), non-profit services, private sector services,
				businesses, etc. The school nurse is the school health expert who is qualified
				to lead the coordination and monitoring of health promotion through school
				screenings and examinations.
5.2.
				Health Check: New enterers in West Virginia public school at first entry of
				either prekindergarten (Pre-K) or Kindergarten and all students progressing to
				grades 2, 7 and 12 should have on file within 45 days of enrollment/entry or
				prior to the first day of school attendance a record of a Health Check
				screening, or other comprehensive health screening comparable to the Health
				Check protocol. The following transition plan will require each new enterer in
				Pre-K and Kindergarten and all students entering grades 2, 7 and 12 to show
				proof of a Health Check screening: beginning the school year (SY) 2015/16 all
				new enterers in Pre-K and Kindergarten; beginning SY 2016/17 all students
				entering grade 2; beginning SY 2017/18 all students entering grade 7; and
				beginning SY 2018/19 all students entering grade 12. All screening forms shall
				be signed and dated by the child's licensed health care provider and completed
				within the prior 12 calendar months. If the student does not have proof of a
				Health Check the classroom teacher shall be informed to ensure any potential
				learning deficits (vision, hearing, speech and language, developmental, etc.)
				will be referred to the appropriate school personnel for screening as
				individually indicated. Counties can retain the right to conduct follow-up
				screening (W. Va. Code §
									18-5-17,
				W. Va. 126 CSR 28, WVBE Policy 2525, West Virginia's Universal Access to Early
				Education System, Governor's Kids First Initiative and Superintendent's
				Interpretation of June 29, 2007).
5.3. Oral Health: New enterers in West
				Virginia public school at first entry of either Pre-K or Kindergarten and all
				students progressing to grades 2, 7 and 12 should have on file within 45 days
				of enrollment/entry or prior to the first day of school attendance a record of
				an oral health examination. The following transition plan will request each new
				enterer in Pre-K and Kindergarten and all students entering grades 2, 7 and 12
				to show proof of an oral health examination: beginning the school year (SY)
				2015/16 all new enterers in Pre-K and Kindergarten; beginning SY 2016/17 all
				students entering grade 2; beginning SY 2017/18 all students entering grade 7;
				and beginning SY 2018/19 all students entering grade 12. All examination forms
				shall be signed and dated by the student's dentist and completed within the
				prior 12 calendar months. If the student does not have proof of an oral health
				examination during the grade of requirement, the student may be enrolled into
				the WVDHHR-Oral Health Program's (OHP) Oral Disease Prevention Project. The
				Oral Health Prevention Project will provide an oral health assessment from a
				dental provider regardless of the ability to pay if the parent/guardian
				provides approval/consent for the student to participate.
5.4. Tuberculin Skin Test: West Virginia
				continues to be a state with low incidence rates of tuberculosis hence the
				removal of tuberculosis skin testing for out-of-state student transfers and new
				school employees, including volunteers in W. Va. Code §
									16-3D-3
				(2015). In order to ensure tuberculosis rates remain low, W. Va. Code §
									16-3D-3
				requires students found or suspected to have active tuberculosis shall be
				temporarily removed from school while their case is reviewed and evaluated by
				their personal physician and the local health officer. Students shall return to
				school when their personal physician and the local health officer, in
				consultation with the Commissioner, indicate that it is safe and appropriate
				for them to return. Also, school personnel found or suspected to have active
				tuberculosis shall have their employment suspended until the local health
				officer, in consultation with the Commissioner, approves a return to work. The
				Commissioner may require selective testing of students and school personnel for
				tuberculosis when there is reason to believe that they may have been exposed to
				the tuberculosis organism or they have signs and symptoms indicative of the
				disease. School nurses shall identify and refer any students or school
				personnel to the local health department in instances where they have reason to
				suspect that the individual has been exposed to tuberculosis or has symptoms
				indicative of the disease.