5310 - HEALTH SERVICES

The Board of Education may require students of the District to submit to periodic health examinations to:

1. protect the school community from the spread of communicable disease;
2. verify that each student's participation in health, safety, and physical education courses meets the student's individual needs;
3. verify that the learning potential of each child is not lessened by a remediable physical disability.

The District may provide or request parents to provide:

1. general physical examinations for athletics;
2. dental examinations;
3. tests for communicable disease;
4. vision and/or audiometric screening;
5. scoliosis tests.
    

The Board shall directly notify the parents of students, at least annually at the beginning of the school year, of the specific or approximate dates during the school year when any nonemergency, invasive physical examination or screening is scheduled or expected to be scheduled for students if the examination or screening is: (1) required as a condition of attendance; (2) administered by the school and scheduled by the school in advance; and (3) not necessary to protect the immediate health and safety of a specific student or other students.

The term "invasive physical examination" means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body but does not include a hearing, vision, or scoliosis screening.

Unless the physical examination or screening is permitted or required by an applicable State law, parents may refuse to allow the Board to administer a nonemergency, invasive physical examination or screening upon written notification to the Board within seven (7) days after receipt of the Board's annual public notice.

Concussion

Any student who has been removed from a physical education class, athletic practice, or competition by a teacher, coach, or referee because the student is exhibiting signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with having sustained a concussion or head injury shall not be permitted to return to any physical education class, athletic practice, or competition for which the teacher, coach, or referee is responsible on the same day the student is removed. Thereafter, the student shall not be permitted to return to the activity for which the teacher, coach, or referee is responsible until both of the following occur:

1. The student's condition is assessed by (1) a physician; (2) a licensed healthcare professional authorized by the Board, in accordance with requirements set forth in R.C. 3313.539(E)(2), to assess such a student; or (3) a licensed health care professional, each of whom must meet the minimum education requirements established by rules adopted under R.C. 3707.521 by the professional's licensing agency.
2. The student receives written clearance that it is safe to return to physical education class, athletic practice, or competition from the physician or the licensed healthcare professional who assessed the student's condition.

Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products 

The District shall provide access to free feminine hygiene products in all school buildings.

All such products shall be intended for use on school premises.

Each school shall determine where feminine hygiene products are to be kept.

Revised 1/14/03

Revised 11/21/13

Revised 4/13/23

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