2001 SESSION

01-0613

04/10

SENATE BILL 13

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Repeals the statutory provision requiring that children be examined for the presence of tuberculosis prior to school entrance.

II. Repeals the statutory provision requiring that the local school board maintain yearly statistics on the age, height, weight, and grade of each pupil in the school.

III. Provides that in a medical emergency, a school nurse shall be permitted, without a doctor's order or parental permission, to administer oxygen to a pupil.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0613 04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

83:1 New Section; Health and Sanitation; Administration of Oxygen by School Nurse Permitted. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 40 the following new section:

200:40-a Administration of Oxygen by School Nurse. A school nurse shall be permitted to administer oxygen to a pupil in a medical emergency without parental permission or a physician's order.

83:2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 189:11-a, IV, relative to yearly statistics maintained by the local school board.

II. RSA 200:38, I(b), relative to the examination of a child for tuberculosis prior to school entrance.

83:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: June 19, 2001)

(Effective Date: August 18, 2001)