HEALTH SERVICES
Students are required to be in good health, as certified by their physician, prior to admission into school. Thereafter, the board retains the authority to deny continued enrollment if the student has not complied with the minimum immunization requirements as stated by the State Department of Health and to require at any time a certification of good health for any student.
Health services shall be coordinated with the health education and physical education curriculum and the guidance and counseling services. The goal of the health services provided by the school district is to help each student protect, improve, and maintain physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Nurses, other medical personnel, or other health services personnel employed by or requested to conduct services for the board shall hold and maintain a current Iowa license.
In addition to the health services provided in the curriculum, the school district will provide at a minimum, the following district-wide health services:
1. Annual vision screening - K through 6 and grade 9.
2. Annual hearing screening - grades 1, 3, 6, and 9.
3. Annual height and weight measurement - K through 6.
4. Collection and documentation of required immunization information.
5. Counseling and/or referral for health related problems on an as needed basis.
6. Health History documented for special education student prior to placement in Special Education instructional programs/classes.
LEGAL REFS.: Iowa Code Sections 139.9, 143
641 Iowa Admin. Code 7
670 Iowa Admin. Code 3.4(8)
281 Iowa Admin. 12.3(9) (New Standards)
CROSS REFS.: 501.2 Entrance - Admission
507.1 Student Health and Immunization Certificates
507.3 Communicable Diseases - Students
602.6 Special Education
Adopted: Nov. 11, 1985
Reviewed: Jan. 9,1989
March 11,1996
March 20, 2000
November 21, 2005
May 16, 2011
June 13, 2016
Revised: Feb. 13, 1989