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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Slater, Cassar, Alzate, Felix, and Tobon | |
Date Introduced: January 29, 2021 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-21 of the General Laws entitled "Health and Safety of Pupils" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 16-21-8.1. School nurses. |
4 | (a) Each school district may employ one or more licensed practical nurses certified by the |
5 | department of elementary and secondary education to assist the certified nurse-teacher employed |
6 | pursuant to the provisions of § 16-21-8. |
7 | (b) Each school district shall employ no fewer than one certified nurse pursuant to the |
8 | provisions of § 16-21-8 or subsection (a) of this section for every seven hundred fifty (750) |
9 | registered students. |
10 | (c) A school nurse may work on health related activities other than the practice of nursing |
11 | in a school district if time permits. |
12 | (d) The director of the department of health in consultation with the commissioner of |
13 | elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that any |
14 | licensed practical nurse employed by or contracting with a public school district performs nursing |
15 | services under the supervision of a professional registered nurse or a licensed physician. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS | |
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1 | This act would provide school districts may employ LPNs to assist certified nurse teachers. |
2 | The act also would require that no fewer than one nurse be employed for every seven hundred fifty |
3 | (750) students. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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