Summer School -------- July 7 - August 15
Health Office Responsiblities
The mission of Nursing Services is to strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the heath status of children and by identifying and assisting in the removal or modification of health-related barriers to learning. The major focus is the prevention of illness and disability and the early detection and correction of health problems. Nursing services, therefore, contributes directly to LAUSD's overall mission.

A school nurse is a registered nurse currently licensed under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has completed the additional requirements for, and possess a current credential in, school nursing pursuant to Section 44877.

School nurses may perform, if authorized by the local governing board, the following services:
  • Conduct immunization programs pursuant to Section 49403 and assure that every pupil's immunization status is in compliance with the law, including parental or guardian consent and good health practice.
  • Assess and evaluate the health and development status of pupils to identify specific physical disorders and other factors relating to the learning process, communicate with the primary care provider, and contribute significant information in order to modify the pupil's educational plan.
  • Interpret the health and developmental assessment to parents, teachers, administrators, and other professionals directly concerned with the pupil.
  • Design and implement maintenance plan to meet the individual health needs of the students, incorporating plans directed by a physician.
  • Refer the pupil and his/her parent or guardian to appropriate community resources for necessary services.
  • Maintain communication with parents and all involved community practitioners and agencies to promote needed treatment and secure reports of findings pertinent to educational planning.
  • Interpret medical and nursing findings appropriate to the student's individual education plan and make recommendations to professional personnel directly involved.
  • Nutrition, preventive dentistry, mental health, genetics, prevention of communicable diseases, self- Consult with, conduct in-service training to, and serve as a resource person to teachers and administrators, and act as a participant in implementing any section or sections of a comprehensive health instruction curriculum for students by providing current scientific information regarding health care, consumer education, and other areas of health.
Emergency Cards

California law requires that a parent or legal guardian provide student emergency information to the school (Education Code Section 49408). A school site administrator must have a student emergency card for his or her students. The student emergency card must include the name, address and telephone number of a relative of friend who is authorized to care for the student in any emergency situation if the parent or guardian cannot be contacted.

The person named on the emergency card is authorized to remove the child from school only in an emergency. In the event a relative or friend named on the emergency card withes to remove a student from school and an emergency situation does not exist, then the school personnel must not release the student unless the parent or guardian has given prior authorization (Board Rule 1205). The District, and possibly an administrator, could be held liable if a child is improperly released.

Student Emergency Cards are "Pupil Records" that must be maintained in accordance with the law pertaining to the Privacy of Pupil Records.


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