PRINTER'S NO. 396
No. 362 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY KATZ, HAMILTON, KELLY, GIAMMARCO, WHITE, JONES,
BORSKI, WILLIAMS, D. M. O'BRIEN, SALVATORE, SCANLON,
DONATUCCI, WIGGINS AND GREENFIELD, MARCH 1, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 1, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," requiring a school nurse to be on the
6 premises in schools for the handicapped in first class school
7 districts.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1402, act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
11 No.14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949," is amended by
12 adding a subsection to read:
13 Section 1402. Health Services.--* * *
14 (g) Every school designated by the board of education or the
15 superintendent in a first class school district as a school for
16 the handicapped shall have a school nurse on the premises at all
17 times during school hours. For the purposes of this subsection,
18 "school" shall mean any annex, wing, other ancillary structure
19 or discrete building having eight or more classrooms used solely
20 and exclusively for the education of exceptional children.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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