6A:16-2.4 Nursing services to nonpublic school students
(a) District boards of education having nonpublic schools within their district boundaries shall provide basic nursing services to nonpublic school students who are enrolled full-time, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for this purpose according to
N.J.S.A. 18A:40-23 .1. The district shall provide services only to students of a nonpublic school which has provided to the district board of education a report of the type and number of services provided during the previous school year, if students were provided services during that year, on a form provided by the Commissioner of Education.
2. The funds expended by a district board of education for administrative costs shall be limited to the actual costs or six percent of the funds allocated for each participating nonpublic school, whichever is less.
(b) Nursing services shall be provided by a professional registered nurse licensed in the State of New Jersey who is an employee of the school district, an employee of a third-party contractor, or an independent contractor. The services shall include:
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-1.4(a) 1.1. Assistance with medical examinations, including dental screening;
2. Screening of hearing;
3. The maintenance of student health records, with notification of local or county health officials of any student who has not been properly immunized pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:57-4;
4. Scoliosis examinations of students between the ages of 10 and 18; and
5. The extension of emergency care provided to public school students to those students who are enrolled full-time in the nonpublic school who are injured or become ill at school, or during participation on a school team or squad pursuant to
(c) Each district board of education may also provide additional services.
N.J.S.A. 26:1A-7 and N.J.A.C. 8:57.1. Such additional medical services may only be provided when all basic nursing services required under (b) have been provided, or will be provided.
2. Such additional medical services may include the necessary equipment, materials and services for immunizing students who are enrolled full-time in the nonpublic school from diseases as required by the State Sanitary Code adopted, pursuant to
3. Equipment comparable to that in use in the district may be purchased for loan without charge to the nonpublic school for the purpose of providing services under this section. However, such equipment shall remain the property of the district board of education.
4. Costs of supplies comparable to that in use in the district and transportation costs may be charged to the funds allocated for each participating nonpublic school as long as they are directly related to the provision of the required basic nursing services and additional medical services which may be provided.
(d) Each chief school administrator or designee of a district in which a nonpublic school is located shall confer annually with the administrator of the nonpublic school for the following purposes:
N.J.S.A. 18A:40-23 et seq.;1. To advise the nonpublic school of the amount of funds allocated to the nonpublic school by the Department of Education or otherwise made available by the district for the provision of nursing services for the full-time students enrolled in the nonpublic schools;
2. To agree on the basic nursing services to be provided and additional medical services which may be provided as set forth in
3. To assure that in the event that the chief school administrator or designee and the nonpublic school administrator cannot reach agreement regarding the nursing services and additional medical services to be provided, the county office of education shall be consulted for clarification; and
4. To assure that each nonpublic school which receives nursing services has a copy of
N.J.S.A. 18A:40-23 to 31 and this subchapter.(e) The nursing services provided to nonpublic school students shall not include instructional services.
(f) A student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and whose parent or guardian objects to the student receiving any services provided under this subchapter shall not be compelled to receive the services except for a physical or medical examination to determine whether the student is ill or infected with a communicable disease.
(g) Each participating nonpublic school shall receive nursing services based upon its enrollment on the last school day prior to October 16 of the preceding school year.
(h) Each district board of education providing nursing services to nonpublic schools shall retain the following information for monitoring purposes and shall make it available to the Commissioner of Education upon request:
1. A written statement verifying that the required conference was held with the nonpublic school(s);
2. A copy of the contract document and minutes of the district board of education meeting approving the contract, which describe the methods by which the nursing services to the nonpublic school students will be provided for the ensuing year and a rationale for the distribution of funds; and
3. A description of the type and number of services which were provided during the previous school year to students in each nonpublic school on a form provided by the Commissioner of Education as required in N.J.A.C. 6A:16- 2.4(a).