PRINTER'S NO. 677
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
603
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, STREET, MARTIN, GORDNER, PITTMAN, COSTA,
MASTRIANO, KANE AND J. WARD, APRIL 27, 2021
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 27, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school health services, further
providing for health services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1402 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 1402. Health Services.--* * *
(e.1) A school nurse, school physician or employe of a
school district shall remove a tick from a student in accordance
with guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health. After a tick
is removed from a student, the school district shall notify in
writing the parent or guardian of the student. The notice shall
state that:
(1) A tick was removed from your child today. Ticks can
transmit disease and make people sick. A common illness caused
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