(a) The Commissioner of Education, with the collaboration of the Commissioner of Health as hereinafter provided, shall establish, maintain and administer a school health program in the Virgin Islands. Such program shall include; health services, health education and instruction, and healthful environment. (b) In furtherance of the program authorized by subsection (a) of this section, […]
A comprehensive health record shall be maintained for each school child, which shall include the results of the tests, measurements, examinations and treatments provided for herein. These records shall be considered confidential.
Medical questionnaires, suitable for diagnostic purposes, furnished by the Commissioner of Health, and completed by the child’s parent or guardian, at such times as the Commissioner of Education may direct, shall become a part of the child’s health record.
In lieu of the medical or dental tests, measurements, examinations or treatments provided for in subsection (b) of section 111 of this chapter, the parent or guardian of any school child may furnish the Department of Education with a report of the same made at his own expense by his family physician or dentist, on […]
The principal or other authorized official of a school shall report to a child’s parent or guardian any unusual behavior, changes in physical appearance, changes in attendance habits and changes in scholastic achievement which may indicate an impairment of a child’s health. Recommendations as to medical, surgical or dental care shall be sent to each […]
The Commissioner of Education, jointly with the Commissioner of Health, shall issue such rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as they shall deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of effectuating and implementing the same, provided, however, that the content of the medical, dental, nursing and environmental health portions of the […]
