Section 901. School health services to be provided  


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  • 1.  School  health
      services, as defined in  subdivision  two  of  this  section,  shall  be
      provided  by  each school district for all students attending the public
      schools in this state, except in the city school district of the city of
      New York, as provided in this  article.  School  health  services  shall
      include  the  services  of  a  registered  professional nurse, if one is
      employed, and shall also include such services as  may  be  rendered  as
      provided  in  this  article  in  examining students for the existence of
      disease or disability and in testing the eyes and ears of such students.
        2. School health services for the purposes of this article shall  mean
      the   several   procedures,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  medical
      examinations, dental inspection and/or screening,  scoliosis  screening,
      vision  screening and audiometer tests, designed to determine the health
      status of the child; to inform parents  or  other  persons  in  parental
      relation  to  the  child,  pupils and teachers of the individual child's
      health condition subject to federal and state confidentiality  laws;  to
      guide  parents,  children  and teachers in procedures for preventing and
      correcting defects and diseases; to instruct  the  school  personnel  in
      procedures  to  take  in case of accident or illness; to survey and make
      necessary recommendations concerning the health and  safety  aspects  of
      school facilities and the provision of health information.