Senate Bill S2618

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2618 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4661
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §902, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1526
2011-2012: A1527
2013-2014: S5514, A1354
2017-2018: S2362, A3855
2019-2020: S3744, A4926
2021-2022: S3162, A4079
2023-2024: S4678, A2139

2015-S2618 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school nurse to be on the premises during school hours in any school having an enrollment of 100 pupils or more.

2015-S2618 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2618 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2618

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  nurses  in
  public schools

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 902 of  the  educa-
tion  law,  as amended by chapter 501 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  b. Any such board or trustees may employ one or  more  school  nurses,
who  shall  be  registered  professional nurses, as well as other health
professionals, as may be required. Such registered  professional  nurses
and  other  health professionals shall aid the director of school health
services of the district and shall perform such duties, including health
instruction for the benefit of the public schools as may  be  prescribed
by  such  board or trustees, in compliance with each such health profes-
sional's practice act.   SUCH REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  SHALL  BE
REQUIRED TO BE ON THE PREMISES DURING SCHOOL HOURS IN ANY SCHOOL WITH AN
ENROLLMENT OF ONE HUNDRED OR MORE PUPILS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06443-01-5

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