Department of Health and the Department of Education.
(d) (E) The academic records of a child of school age shall
not include the child's screening results or information
indicating whether a screening was completed.
(e) (F) The Department of Health shall amend the standard
private or school physical examination of school age student
form to accommodate the depression screening required under
subsection (a). The form shall require the physician or other
qualified health care professional completing the form to
indicate confirmation that a depression screening was completed
or not completed or that the parent or guardian of the student
opted out of the screening. The physician or other qualified
health care professional who completes the screening may use
this form or a form that provides substantially similar
information to provide confirmation of the screening or that the
parent or guardian has opted out of the screening to the school
entity of the child of school age.
(f) (G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
create, establish or expand civil or criminal liability on the
part of a school entity or school employe.
(g) (H) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of
this section, each school entity shall adopt or revise existing
procedures concerning the school entity's response if it is
provided with a depression screening indicating that a student
has thoughts or engages in behaviors that are often associated
with a diagnosis of depression.
(h) (I) The Department of Health shall promulgate
regulations necessary to implement this section , including a
determination of who can be deemed a qualified health care
professional for the purpose of this section and privacy
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