House Bill 0341

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 341

        By Representative Kelly






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school-entry health and

  3         vision examinations; amending s. 232.0315,

  4         F.S.; requiring children who enter public or

  5         nonpublic schools in this state to present

  6         evidence of having received a comprehensive

  7         vision examination; providing an exemption;

  8         deleting provisions relating to rulemaking

  9         authority with respect to medical examinations;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Section 232.0315, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         232.0315  School-entry health examinations.--

17         (1)  The school board of each district and the

18  governing authority of each nonpublic school shall require

19  that each child who is entitled to admittance to

20  prekindergarten or kindergarten, or is entitled to any other

21  initial entrance into a public or nonpublic school in this

22  state, present a certification of a school-entry health

23  examination and a certification of a school-entry

24  comprehensive vision examination and analysis performed within

25  1 year prior to enrollment in school.  The school board of

26  each district, and the governing authority of each nonpublic

27  school, may establish a policy which permits a student up to

28  30 school days to present a certification of a school-entry

29  health examination and up to 120 days to present a

30  certification of a school-entry comprehensive vision

31  examination and analysis.  Any school board that which

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 341

    90-402A-99






  1  establishes such a policy shall include provisions in its

  2  local school health services plan to assist students in

  3  obtaining the health and vision examinations.  However, any

  4  child shall be exempt from the examinations requirement of a

  5  health examination upon written request of the parent or

  6  guardian of such child stating objections to such examination

  7  on religious grounds.

  8         (2)  The Department of Education, subject to the

  9  concurrence of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative

10  Services, shall adopt rules to govern medical examinations

11  performed under this section.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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15                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires each child to present a certification of a
17    school-entry comprehensive vision examination and
      analysis upon initial entrance into a public or nonpublic
18    school. Permits exemption under certain circumstances.
      Deletes provisions relating to rulemaking authority with
19    respect to medical examinations.

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