53A-11-204 - Nursing services in the public schools -- Collaborative efforts. - Utah Statutes

53A-11-204. Nursing services in the public schools -- Collaborative efforts.
(1) (a) Students in the state's public schools may be better protected against risks to healthand safety if schools were to have registered nurses readily available to assist in providingeducational and nursing services in the public schools.
(b) Those services would be further enhanced if they could be offered with the activesupport and participation of local public health departments and private medical providers, mostparticularly in those areas of the state without currently functioning collaborative programs.
(c) (i) School districts, local health departments, private medical providers, and parents ofstudents are therefore encouraged to work together in determining needs and risks to studenthealth in the state's public schools and in developing and implementing plans to meet those needsand minimize risks to students.
(ii) School community councils or school directors of affected schools shall review theplans prior to their implementation.
(2) School districts are encouraged to provide nursing services equivalent to the servicesof one registered nurse for every 5,000 students or, in districts with fewer than 5,000 students, thelevel of services recommended by the Department of Health.

Amended by Chapter 301, 2002 General Session