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156.501 Student health services -- Responsibilities of Department of Education and Department for Public Health -- Filling of position -- Funding.

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Page 1 of 2 156.501 Student health services -- Responsibilities of Department of Education and Department for Public Health -- Filling of position -- Funding. (1) The Department of Education shall provide leadership and assistance to local school districts relating to student health services. The department, working in cooperation <br>with the Department for Public Health, shall provide, contract for services, or <br>identify resources to improve student health services, including but not limited to <br>the following: <br>(a) Standardized protocols and guidelines for health procedures to be performed by health professionals and school personnel. The protocols and guidelines <br>shall include but not be limited to the following: <br>1. The delegation of nursing functions consistent with administrative <br>regulations promulgated by the Kentucky Board of Nursing; 2. Training of designated nonmedical school personnel; and 3. Appropriate documentation and recordkeeping including, but not limited <br>to, notification to school administrators and parents or guardians of the <br>provision of health services by a school employee, including <br>certification of medical necessity for health services signed by a health <br>care professional, and informed consent for the provision of health <br>services by a parent or guardian. A copy of the protocols and guidelines shall be made available to each school <br>in the Commonwealth and shall be maintained by each school in the school's <br>library; (b) Consultation, technical assistance, and development of quality improvement measures for the state and local boards of education, individual public <br>schools, and local health departments; (c) Facilitation of statewide and local data collection and reporting of school health services; and (d) Information and resources that relate to the provision of school health services. (2) The Department of Education shall establish a position to assist in carrying out the responsibilities required under subsection (1) of this section. The position may be <br>established with existing personnel resources, or by contract, with an individual <br>who: <br>(a) Holds, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in nursing with a master's degree in nursing or a related field from an accredited postsecondary institution; and (b) Is a registered nurse licensed under the provisions of KRS Chapter 314. (3) The Department of Education shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the costs for the position required by subsection (2) of this section and the Department for Public <br>Health shall provide the remaining fifty percent (50%) for the position. The <br>Department of Education may enter into a contractual arrangement, such as a <br>Memorandum of Agreement, with the Department for Public Health to share the <br>costs. Page 2 of 2 Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 294, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.