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Senate Bill S8385

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in every school in a school district

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2009-S8385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง902, Ed L

2009-S8385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in every school in a school district.

2009-S8385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S8385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8385

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 28, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  school
  districts to have a registered professional nurse in each school

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of  the  educa-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  b. [Any] EVERY such board or trustees [may] SHALL employ [one or more]
school nurses, who shall be registered professional nurses, as  well  as
other  health professionals, as may be required. Such registered profes-
sional nurses and other health professionals shall aid the  director  of
school  health  services  of the district and shall perform such duties,
including health instruction for the benefit of the  public  schools  as
may  be  prescribed  by  such board or trustees, in compliance with each
such health professional's practice  act.    A  REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL
NURSE  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO BE ON THE PREMISES DURING SCHOOL HOURS AT
EACH SCHOOL WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04302-03-0

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