Bill Text: HI HB1131 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School Entrance; Dental Examination
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to EDU, HTH. [HB1131 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1131-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to school entrance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-1159, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1159 Physical examination
required. No child shall be admitted to any elementary, middle or
intermediate, or high school for the first time in the State unless the
child presents to the appropriate school official a report from a licensed
physician or advanced practice registered nurse of the results of a physical
examination, and a report from a licensed dentist of a dental examination,
performed within a year of the date of entry into school. A child may enter
school provisionally upon submitting written documentation from a licensed
physician, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed dentist, or
other authorized representative of the department of health stating that the
child is in the process of undergoing a physical or dental examination.
Further documentation showing that the required physical [examination has]
and dental examinations have been completed shall be submitted to the
appropriate school official no later than three months after the child first
entered the school."
SECTION 2. Section 302A-1160, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1160 Student's health record.
The department of education shall provide student health record forms for
immunization and physical [examination] and dental examinations
to the schools, private physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, private
dentists, and authorized personnel of the department of health."
SECTION 3. Section 302A-1161, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§302A-1161 Notification for
noncompliance. If a child does not complete the immunizations required
under section 302A-1154 or the physical [examination] or dental examinations
required under section 302A-1159 within the [period] periods
provided by [section] sections 302A-1155 and 302A-1159
after provisional entry into school, the administrator of the school shall
cause a notice to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child stating that
if the required immunizations or physical or dental examination is not
completed within thirty days of the date of the notice, the child shall not be
admitted to school."
SECTION 4. Section 302A-1162, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of health shall adopt
rules under chapter 91 relating to immunization, physical [examination,]
and dental examinations, and tuberculin testing under sections 302A-1154
to 302A-1163. Immunizations required, and the manner and frequency of their administration,
shall conform with recognized standard medical practices. The list of diseases
and minimum requirements for protection under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163
may be revised whenever the department of health deems it necessary for the
protection of public health."
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
School Entrance; Dental Examination
Description:
Requires that a student have a dental examination and provide proof of such prior to entrance in any school in the State.
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