2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.29 — Health records; children of school age.

     144.29 Health records; children of school age. 


    It shall be the duty of every school nurse, school 
 physician, school attendance officer, superintendent of schools, 
 principal, teacher, and of the persons charged with the duty of 
 compiling and keeping the school census records, to cause a 
 health record to be kept for each child of school age.  Such 
 record shall be kept in such form that it may be transferred 
 with the child to any school which the child shall attend within 
 the state.  It shall contain a record of such student health 
 data as defined in section 13.32, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), 
 and shall be classified as private data as defined in section 
 13.32, subdivision 3.  Nothing in sections 144.29 to 144.32 
 shall be construed to require any child whose parent or guardian 
 objects in writing thereto to undergo a physical or medical 
 examination or treatment.  A copy shall be forwarded to the 
 proper department of any state to which the child shall remove.  
 Each district shall assign a teacher, school nurse, or other 
 professional person to review, at the beginning of each school 
 year, the health record of all pupils under the assignee's 
 direction.  Growth, results of vision and hearing screening, and 
 findings obtained from health assessments must be entered 
 periodically on the pupil's health record. 


    HIST: (5356-1) 1929 c 277 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1993 c 224 art 
 12 s 30; 1Sp1997 c 3 s 23; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 6 s 16