Assembly Bill A6998

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires that scoliosis screenings be performed by a chiropractor for students in the third, sixth and ninth grades

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6998 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง901 & 905, Ed L

2013-A6998 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that scoliosis screenings be performed by a chiropractor for students in the third, sixth and ninth grades.

2013-A6998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6998

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
  scoliosis  screenings  be  performed by a chiropractor for students in
  the third, sixth and ninth grades

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 901 of the education law, as added
by chapter 477 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  School health services for the purposes of this article shall mean
the several procedures, including, but not limited to, medical  examina-
tions,  dental  inspection and/or screening, scoliosis screening, vision
screening and audiometer tests, designed to determine the health  status
of the child; to inform parents or other persons in parental relation to
the  child,  pupils and teachers of the individual child's health condi-
tion subject  to  federal  and  state  confidentiality  laws;  to  guide
parents, children and teachers in procedures for preventing and correct-
ing defects and diseases; to instruct the school personnel in procedures
to  take  in  case  of accident or illness; to survey and make necessary
recommendations concerning the  health  and  safety  aspects  of  school
facilities and the provision of health information.  SCOLIOSIS SCREENING
SHALL  BE  PERFORMED BY A CHIROPRACTOR DURING A CHILD'S THIRD, SIXTH AND
NINTH YEAR OF SCHOOL.
  S 2.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 905 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  477  of  the  laws of 2004, are amended to read as
follows:
  1. The director of school health services of each school  district  in
this  state  that  is required to provide school health services, or the
health department  or  agency  otherwise  responsible  to  provide  such
services,  shall  conduct  screening examinations of vision[,] AND hear-
ing[, and scoliosis] of all students at such times and as defined in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10311-01-3
              

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