2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 8 - COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH COORDINATOR
Section 44-8-40. Dental screening in school setting; notification to parents and community oral health coordinator of necessity of further professional attention; duties of coordinator.
When a dental screening is performed by an authorized practitioner in a school setting in one of the targeted counties of need, the practitioner shall issue an Acknowledgment of Dental Screening for the child. The school nurse or other school employee designated by the school district superintendent shall notify and advise the child's parent or guardian to seek further professional attention for the child if indicated by the screening. Upon receipt of written permission from the parent or guardian, the school also shall notify the community oral health coordinator who will serve as a facilitator if further attention is needed upon completion of the screening. The community oral health coordinator also shall maintain all records and data determined necessary by the department.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 235, Section 1, eff July 1, 2010.
Editor's Note
2010 Act No. 235, Section 3, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect July 1, 2010, and applies to students in the grade levels specified in Section 44-8-30 of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 1 of this act, no later than the 2011-2012 school year, contingent upon regulations authorized in Section 44-8-10 of the 1976 Code, as added by Section 1 of this act, being effective and funding for this program being available to the Department of Health and Environmental Control."
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