The DeKalb County Board of Education recognizes that the health and well-being of students in the DeKalb County School District are important to ensuring that all students benefit from the District’s educational programs. The Superintendent shall establish a Student Health Services Unit staffed by licensed health care professionals, including school nurses, where practical or required with the goal of ensuring the health and well-being of the District's students in accordance with federal and state law.
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The Student Health Services Unit shall develop a program to include prevention, education, emergency care, and referral and management of acute and chronic health conditions. The Student Health Services Unit is not intended to replace parental responsibility and medical and healthcare of the individual student remains the responsibility of the student’s parent or legal guardian.
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The Student Health Services Unit shall operate in accordance with all federal and state laws and regulations and shall not provide any of the services set forth in O.C.G.A. § 20-2-773.
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Standard first aid procedures shall be followed for students with illnesses or injuries, and the student's parent or guardian shall be notified in the case of an illness requiring medical intervention or treatment. In the event of a life threatening or serious injury or an acute or sudden illness, medical aid shall be obtained for the student on an emergency basis. The DeKalb County School District’s Infectious Disease Protocol will be followed at all times, as governed by regulation JGCC-R.The Student Health Services Unit shall obtain the manual Common Communicable Diseases of Children from the DeKalb County Board of Health and make the manual readily available in the schools at all times.
Legal References
- O.C.G.A. 19-09-0127 — Temporary written permission to seek emergency medical treatment or other services for children (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-01-0016 — Kinship caregiver authorized to provide legal consent. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0149.1 — Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of automated external defibrillator; requirements (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0186 — Allocation of funds for local systems to pay beginning salaries of superintendents, secretaries, accountants, nurses, and certain other personnel; eligibility of failing schools for funds (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0191 — Supplies for school health nurse programs (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0770 — Rules for nutritional screening and eye, ear, and dental exams of students (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0771 — Immunization of students (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0771.2 — School health nurse programs (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0772 — Rules and regulations for screening of students for scoliosis (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0773 — Restrictions on student health services; utilization of state funds (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0774 — Self-administration of asthma medication (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0775 — Automated external defibrillator required in high schools; requirements; funding (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0776 — Student retention and self-administration of auto-injectable epinephrine; liability of school system (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0776.1 — Administration of auto-injectionable epinephrine by school personnel (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0776.2 — Stock supply of auto-injectable epinephrine; requirements; limited liability (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0776.3 — Stock supply of levalbuterol sulfate; requirements; limited liability (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0776.4 — Administration of levalbuterol sulfate by school personnel (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0777 — Annual Fitness Assessments; reporting and compliance (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0778 — Required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their respective vaccines (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0779 — Care of students with diabetes; training of school employees; diabetes medical management plan; no liability for staff (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0779.1 — Suicide prevention and awareness training; no duty of care imposed (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0779.3 — Seizure action plan; form; liability. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0047 — Individual assessments of low performing students in turnaround eligible schools (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 24-12-0021 — Disclosure of AIDS confidential information (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 31-07-0003.5 — Treatment of minors for gender dysphoria; penalty for violations. (Lexis)
- Rule 160-1-3-.03 — Infectious Diseases
- Rule 160-4-8-.01 — Student Support Services
- Rule 160-4-8-.18 — Diabetes Medical Management Plans
- 20 USC 7116 — 21st Century Schools-Local educational agency applications
- 20 USC 7906 — Prohibited uses of federal funds
- 34 CFR 104.37 — Sec. 504: Nonacademic Services
- 34 CFR 300.174 — Prohibition on mandatory medication