West Clermont Local School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

5310 - HEALTH SERVICES

The District may provide or request parents to provide:

 A.general physical examinations for athletics;

 B.dental examinations;

 C.tests for communicable disease;

 D.vision and/or audiometric screening;

 E.scoliosis tests.

The Board shall directly notify the parents of students, at least annually at the beginning of the school year, of the specific or approximate dates during the school year when any nonemergency, invasive physical examination or screening is scheduled or expected to be scheduled for students if the examination or screening is: (1) required as a condition of attendance; (2) administered by the school and scheduled by the school in advance; and (3) not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of a specific student, or other students.

The term "invasive physical examination" means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts, or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing, vision, or scoliosis screening.

Unless the physical examination or screening is permitted or required by an applicable State law, parents may refuse to allow the Board to administer a nonemergency, invasive physical examination or screening upon written notification to the Board within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the Board's annual public notice.

R.C. 2305.231, 3313.50, 3313.68 et seq.
A.C. 3301-35-03 (D)
20 U.S.C. 1232(h)

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