Sec. 10-203. Compliance with public health statutes and regulations. Each local and regional board of education shall maintain the facilities under its jurisdiction in
accordance with the applicable public health statutes and regulations adopted by the
Commissioner of Public Health.
(1949 Rev., S. 1464; 1955, S. 943d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 129; P.A. 88-136, S. 9, 37; P.A. 93-381,
S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-244, S. 15, 63.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for state department of health, effective January 1, 1979;
P.A. 78-218 substituted "school district" for "town" in provision describing location of schoolhouses needing sanitary
improvements and specified that local and regional boards may make complaint to health services department, deleting
reference to town boards; P.A. 88-136 deleted reference to schoolhouse privies; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health
services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner
and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective
July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 rewrote the section to remove specific requirements and replace them with the requirement to
comply with applicable public health statutes and regulations, effective July 1, 1996.
See Sec. 19a-37b for regulations establishing acceptable levels of radon in schools.
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Sec. 10-203a. Guidelines re physical health needs of students. Optional adoption of plans by local and regional boards of education. (a) Not later than January
1, 2007, the Department of Education shall (1) develop guidelines for addressing the
physical health needs of students in a comprehensive manner that coordinates services,
including services provided by municipal parks and recreation departments, and (2)
make available to each local and regional board of education a copy of the guidelines.
The department shall develop the guidelines after consultation with (A) the chairpersons
and ranking members of (i) the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to education, and (ii) the select committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, (B) at least one state-wide
nonprofit organization with expertise in child wellness or physical exercise, and (C) the
Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association. The guidelines shall not be deemed to
be regulations, as defined in section 4-166. Local and regional boards of education may
establish and implement plans based on the guidelines in accordance with subsection
(c) of this section.
(b) The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Plans for engaging
students in daily physical exercise during regular school hours and strategies for engaging students in daily physical exercise before and after regular school hours in coordination with municipal parks and recreation departments, (2) strategies for coordinating
school-based health education, programs and services, (3) procedures for assessing the
need for community-based services such as services provided by school-based health
clinics, municipal parks and recreation departments, family resource centers and after-school programs, and (4) procedures for maximizing monetary and other resources from
local, state and federal sources to address the physical health needs of students.
(c) Not later than April 1, 2007, each local and regional board of education may (1)
establish a comprehensive and coordinated plan to address the physical health needs of
students, and (2) base its plan on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section. The board may implement such plan for the 2007-2008 school year and
may have a plan in place for each school year thereafter.
(P.A. 06-44, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-44 effective May 8, 2006.
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Sec. 10-204. Vaccination. Section 10-204 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(1949 Rev., S. 1465; 1967, P.A. 288, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 35; P.A. 78-218, S. 130; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)
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Sec. 10-204a. Required immunizations. (a) Each local or regional board of education, or similar body governing a nonpublic school or schools, shall require each
child to be protected by adequate immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,
poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hemophilus influenzae type B and any other
vaccine required by the schedule for active immunization adopted pursuant to section
19a-7f before being permitted to enroll in any program operated by a public or nonpublic
school under its jurisdiction. Before being permitted to enter seventh grade, a child shall
receive a second immunization against measles. Any such child who (1) presents a
certificate from a physician or local health agency stating that initial immunizations
have been given to such child and additional immunizations are in process under guidelines and schedules specified by the Commissioner of Public Health; or (2) presents a
certificate from a physician stating that in the opinion of such physician, such immunization is medically contraindicated because of the physical condition of such child; or (3)
presents a statement from the parents or guardian of such child that such immunization
would be contrary to the religious beliefs of such child; or (4) in the case of measles,
mumps or rubella, presents a certificate from a physician or from the director of health
in such child's present or previous town of residence, stating that the child has had a
confirmed case of such disease; or (5) in the case of hemophilus influenzae type B has
passed his fifth birthday; or (6) in the case of pertussis, has passed his sixth birthday,
shall be exempt from the appropriate provisions of this section. If the parents or guardians
of any children are unable to pay for such immunizations, the expense of such immunizations shall, on the recommendations of such board of education, be paid by the town.
(b) The definitions of adequate immunization shall reflect the schedule for active
immunization adopted pursuant to section 19a-7f and be established by regulation
adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 by the Commissioner of Public
Health, who shall also be responsible for providing procedures under which said boards
and said similar governing bodies shall collect and report immunization data on each
child to the Department of Public Health for compilation and analysis by said department.
(1959, P.A. 588, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 42, S. 1; P.A. 73-510, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-52, S. 1; P.A. 78-165, S. 1, 5; 78-218, S. 131;
P.A. 81-139; P.A. 84-46; P.A. 91-327, S. 3, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-244, S. 16, 63;
P.A. 98-252, S. 39, 80.)
History: 1969 act allowed board of education to require measles immunization unless child entering school is certified
to have had measles; P.A. 73-510 made measles immunization requirement mandatory by substituting "shall" for "may"
but retained optional aspect re board's requiring polio vaccination and added Subsec. (b) re effective date; P.A. 77-52
included rubella in mandatory immunization provision and deleted Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-165 replaced former provisions
with new requirements for various vaccinations and conditions under which exceptions allowed, applicable to local and
regional boards of education and governing bodies of nonpublic schools; P.A. 78-218 was not enacted because P.A. 78-165 took precedence; P.A. 81-139 amended Subsec. (a) to require immunization against mumps; P.A. 84-46 amended
Subsec. (a) to delete the exemption from rubella immunizations for any child who has passed his twelfth birthday or who
presents a doctor's certificate stating that immunization is medically contraindicated; P.A. 91-327 added hemophilus
influenzae type B and any other vaccine required by the department of health services to the mandatory immunization
provisions and required a second immunization against measles before seventh grade, effective September 1, 1992; P.A.
93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and
addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and
Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 made technical
changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision for the town to pay for
the cost of immunizations if parents are unable to pay, effective July 1, 1998.
See Sec. 10-204c re immunity from liability for civil damages resulting from adverse reaction to nondefective vaccine.
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Sec. 10-204b. Rubella immunization. Section 10-204b is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 296; P.A. 77-52, S. 2.)
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Sec. 10-204c. Immunity from liability. No municipality, district health department or local or regional board of education which causes an immunization required
by state law to be administered shall be liable for civil damages resulting from an adverse
reaction to a nondefective vaccine.
(P.A. 79-88.)
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Sec. 10-205. Appointment of school medical advisors. Each local or regional
board of education of any town having a population of ten thousand or more shall, and
each local or regional board of education of any town having a population of fewer than
ten thousand may, appoint one or more legally qualified practitioners of medicine as
school medical advisors. The advisor or advisors shall be assigned to the public school
or schools within the limits of the school district. The boards shall provide such medical
advisors with adequate facilities to conduct health examinations of individual pupils
and to discharge such duties as may be prescribed by such board. In towns in which the
board of health or department of health is maintaining such service substantially as
required in connection with the school program of health supervision and other duties
performed by school medical advisors, the board of health or department of health shall
appoint and assign, with the consent of the local or regional board of education, such
advisors. The board of education, with the approval of the director of health and with
the consent of the chief executive officer of the town, may designate such town's director
of health, as provided under section 19a-200, or other town medical officers as the chief
medical advisor for its public schools. Two or more boards of education may unite in
the hiring and appointing of school medical advisors under arrangements for the payment
of the expenses thereof and the performance of duties agreed upon by their boards of
education. Each local or regional board of education shall prescribe the functions and
duties of the school medical advisor in order that the program of health protection and
health supervision, as outlined by such board and pursuant to the general statutes, shall
be carried out.
(1949 Rev., S. 1466; 1972, P.A. 239, S. 1; P.A. 80-440, S. 1, 10.)
History: 1972 act added provisions concerning town director of health serving as chief medical advisor for schools;
P.A. 80-440 substituted local or regional board of education for town and town board references, made designation of
director of health contingent upon board's decision with director's approval and chief executive officer's consent rather
than contingent upon chief executive officer's decision after consultation with board, made health programs not subject
to approval by state board of education and deleted provision concerning consultation between director and town board
re functions and duties of medical advisors.
Cited. 115 C. 160; see note to chapter 106. Cited. 152 C. 568.
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Sec. 10-206. Health assessments. (a) Each local or regional board of education
shall require each pupil enrolled in the public schools to have health assessments pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such assessments shall be conducted by a legally
qualified practitioner of medicine, an advanced practice registered nurse or registered
nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378, a physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, or by the school medical advisor to ascertain whether such pupil is suffering
from any physical disability tending to prevent such pupil from receiving the full benefit
of school work and to ascertain whether such school work should be modified in order
to prevent injury to the pupil or to secure for the pupil a suitable program of education.
No health assessment shall be made of any child enrolled in the public schools unless
such examination is made in the presence of the parent or guardian or in the presence
of another school employee. The parent or guardian of such child shall receive prior
written notice and shall have a reasonable opportunity to be present at such assessment
or to provide for such assessment himself or herself. A local or regional board of education may deny continued attendance in public school to any child who fails to obtain
the health assessments required under this section.
(b) Each local or regional board of education shall require each child to have a
health assessment prior to public school enrollment. The assessment shall include: (1)
A physical examination which shall include hematocrit or hemoglobin tests, height,
weight, blood pressure, and, beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, a chronic disease
assessment which shall include, but not be limited to, asthma as defined by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-62a. The assessment
form shall include (A) a check box for the provider conducting the assessment, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, to indicate an asthma diagnosis, (B) screening
questions relating to appropriate public health concerns to be answered by the parent
or guardian, and (C) screening questions to be answered by such provider; (2) an updating of immunizations as required under section 10-204a, provided a registered nurse may
only update said immunizations pursuant to a written order by a physician or physician
assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, or an advanced practice registered nurse,
licensed pursuant to chapter 378; (3) vision, hearing, speech and gross dental screenings;
and (4) such other information, including health and developmental history, as the physician feels is necessary and appropriate. The assessment shall also include tests for tuberculosis, sickle cell anemia or Cooley's anemia and tests for lead levels in the blood
where the local or regional board of education determines after consultation with the
school medical advisor and the local health department, or in the case of a regional board
of education, each local health department, that such tests are necessary, provided a
registered nurse may only perform said tests pursuant to the written order of a physician
or physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, or an advanced practice registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378.
(c) Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil enrolled in
the public schools to have health assessments in either grade six or grade seven and in
either grade nine or grade ten. The assessment shall include: (1) A physical examination
which shall include hematocrit or hemoglobin tests, height, weight, blood pressure, and,
beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, a chronic disease assessment which shall
include, but not be limited to, asthma as defined by the Commissioner of Public Health
pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-62a. The assessment form shall include (A) a
check box for the provider conducting the assessment, as provided in subsection (a) of
this section, to indicate an asthma diagnosis, (B) screening questions relating to appropriate public health concerns to be answered by the parent or guardian, and (C) screening
questions to be answered by such provider; (2) an updating of immunizations as required
under section 10-204a, provided a registered nurse may only update said immunizations
pursuant to a written order of a physician or physician assistant, licensed pursuant to
chapter 370, or an advanced practice registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378;
(3) vision, hearing, postural and gross dental screenings; and (4) such other information
including a health history as the physician feels is necessary and appropriate. The assessment shall also include tests for tuberculosis and sickle cell anemia or Cooley's anemia
where the local or regional board of education, in consultation with the school medical
advisor and the local health department, or in the case of a regional board of education,
each local health department, determines that said screening or test is necessary, provided a registered nurse may only perform said tests pursuant to the written order of a
physician or physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, or an advanced practice registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378.
(d) The results of each assessment done pursuant to this section and the results of
screenings done pursuant to section 10-214 shall be recorded on forms supplied by the
State Board of Education. Such information shall be included in the cumulative health
record of each pupil and shall be kept on file in the school such pupil attends. If a
pupil permanently leaves the jurisdiction of the board of education, the pupil's original
cumulative health record shall be sent to the chief administrative officer of the school
district to which such student moves. The board of education transmitting such health
record shall retain a true copy. Each physician, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or physician assistant performing health assessments and screenings pursuant to this section and section 10-214 shall completely fill out and sign each form and
any recommendations concerning the pupil shall be in writing.
(e) Appropriate school health personnel shall review the results of each assessment
and screening as recorded pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. When, in the judgment of such health personnel, a pupil, as defined in section 10-206a, is in need of further
testing or treatment, the superintendent of schools shall give written notice to the parent
or guardian of such pupil and shall make reasonable efforts to assure that such further
testing or treatment is provided. Such reasonable efforts shall include a determination
of whether or not the parent or guardian has obtained the necessary testing or treatment
for the pupil, and, if not, advising the parent or guardian on how such testing or treatment
may be obtained. The results of such further testing or treatment shall be recorded pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and shall be reviewed by school health personnel
pursuant to this subsection.
(f) On and after February 1, 2004, each local or regional board of education shall
report to the local health department and the Department of Public Health, on an annual
basis, the total number of pupils per school and per school district having a diagnosis
of asthma (1) at the time of public school enrollment, (2) in grade six or seven, and (3)
in grade ten or eleven. The report shall contain the asthma information collected as
required under subsections (b) and (c) of this section and shall include pupil age, gender,
race, ethnicity and school. Beginning on October 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall review the asthma screening information
reported pursuant to this section and shall submit a report to the joint standing committees
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and
education concerning asthma trends and distributions among pupils enrolled in the public schools. The report shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of section
11-4a and shall include, but not be limited to, trends and findings based on pupil age,
gender, race, ethnicity, school and the education reference group, as determined by the
Department of Education for the town or regional school district in which such school
is located.
(1949 Rev., S. 1467; P.A. 78-218, S. 132; P.A. 80-440, S. 4, 10; P.A. 85-80, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-327, S. 6, 8; P.A. 94-103,
S. 1; P.A. 98-252, S. 12, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 41, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 105, 131; P.A. 04-221, S. 36;
P.A. 05-272, S. 2; P.A. 07-58, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-218 replaced former provisions concerning examinations of female children with similar provisions
applicable to examination of any child and made technical changes; P.A. 80-440 substituted "health assessment" for "health
examination", deleted requirement for assessments at three-year intervals, required parent's or guardian's presence at
examination, required that prior written notice be given to parent or guardian, deleted provisions concerning health records
and added Subsecs. (b) to (e), re required assessments, recording of results and review; P.A. 85-80 amended Subsec. (a)
to allow a local or regional board to deny continued attendance in public school to any child who fails to obtain the required
health assessments; P.A. 91-327 amended Subsec. (b) to replace tests for lead paint poisoning with tests for lead levels in
the blood; P.A. 94-103 amended Subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and (d), to add provision regarding the duties of registered nurses,
advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to make technical
changes, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re licensed natureopath
and person licensed to practice chiropractic and making a technical change, amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by adding
provisions re chronic disease assessment including asthma and re items included in assessment form and added Subsec.
(f) re reporting requirements, effective July 1, 2002; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 eliminated provision re licensed natureopaths
and persons licensed to practice chiropractic, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-221 amended Subsec. (d) by requiring that
form be completely filled out by physician, nurse or physician assistant, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-272 amended
Subsec. (f) by eliminating reference to health assessment forms, requiring boards of education to report re the prevalence
of asthma among students during three specific time periods and making technical changes; P.A. 07-58 amended Subsec.
(c) to require the second set of adolescent health assessments in grades nine or ten instead of in grades ten or eleven,
effective July 1, 2008.
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Sec. 10-206a. Free health assessments. Each local or regional board of education
shall provide for health assessments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-206 without
charge to all pupils whose parents or guardians meet the eligibility requirements for
free and reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program or for free milk
under the special milk program. To meet its obligations pursuant to this section, a board
of education may utilize existing community resources and services.
(P.A. 80-440, S. 6, 10.)
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Sec. 10-206b. Tests for lead levels in Head Start programs. Each director of a
Head Start program shall require each child attending such program to be tested for lead
levels in his blood after consultation with the school medical advisor and the local health
department or in the case of a regional board of education, each local health department,
that such tests are necessary.
(P.A. 91-327, S. 7, 8.)
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Sec. 10-206c. Annual report on whether pupil has health insurance. Each local
or regional board of education shall require each pupil enrolled in the schools under its
jurisdiction to annually report whether the pupil has health insurance. The Commissioner
of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall provide information to each
local or regional board of education on state-sponsored health insurance programs for
children, including application assistance for such programs. Each local or regional
board of education shall provide such information to the parent or guardian of each pupil
identified as uninsured.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 119.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 replaced "pupil's parent or guardian"
with "parent or guardian of each pupil identified as uninsured", effective July 1, 2007.
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Sec. 10-207. Duties of medical advisors. (a) Each school medical advisor shall
make a prompt examination of all pupils referred to such medical advisor by the school
nurse, teacher, principal or superintendent, and shall interpret to such nurse, teacher,
principal or superintendent, and to the parents of each such pupil, such medical advisor's
findings, with recommendations as to how the pupil should be cared for and what provisions, if any, should be made at the school for the care and welfare of such pupil. Each
such school medical advisor shall also make examinations of teachers, janitors and
others in the employment of the board of education when requested to do so by the
board of education or when, in such medical advisor's opinion, such examinations are
necessary for the protection of health, provided such medical advisor shall accept the
report of an equivalent physical examination by any reputable physician chosen by such
teacher, janitor or other employee in lieu thereof. Such medical advisor shall make
such sanitary inspection of school buildings as, in such medical advisor's opinion, is
necessary for the protection of the health of pupils. The school medical advisor shall take
steps to preserve and improve the health of pupils in accordance with the requirements of
the Public Health Code of this state established by the Commissioner of Public Health
under the provisions of section 19a-36 or the sanitary regulations in force in such town
or district in excluding and readmitting pupils or teachers or other school employees
suspected of being ill, or ill, with any communicable disease. In cooperation with the
director of health, the school medical advisor shall interpret to teachers and nurses factors
dealing with communicable disease control.
(b) With the approval of the local or regional board of education, the school medical
advisor may establish a diagnostic and treatment program for health and dental services
to pupils, provided no costs incurred for such health service shall be charged to the local
or regional board of education without approval of such board.
(1949 Rev., S. 1468; 1955, S. 944d; P.A. 77-296; P.A. 78-218, S. 133; 78-303, S. 56, 136; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A.
95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-296 added Subsec. (b) re establishment of diagnostic and treatment programs; P.A. 78-218 replaced
personal pronouns with references to "such medical advisor"; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of health services for
public health council; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and
addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and
Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
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Sec. 10-208. Exemption from examination or treatment. No provision of section 10-206 or 10-214 shall be construed to require any pupil to undergo a physical or
medical examination or treatment, or to be compelled to receive medical instruction, if
the parent or legal guardian of such pupil or the pupil, if such pupil is an emancipated
minor or is eighteen years of age or older, in writing, notifies the teacher or principal
or other person in charge of such pupil that such parent or guardian or pupil objects, on
religious grounds, to such physical or medical examination or treatment or medical
instruction.
(1949 Rev., S. 1469; P.A. 78-218, S. 134; P.A. 80-175, S. 4, 5; 80-440, S. 5, 10.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted "such parent or guardian" for "he"; P.A. 80-175 gave emancipated minors and pupils
18 or older same rights as parents or guardians under provisions of section; P.A. 80-440 substituted "section 10-206 or
10-214" for "sections 10-205 to 10-207, inclusive".
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Sec. 10-208a. Physical activity of student restricted; boards to honor notice.
Each local and regional board of education shall honor written notice submitted by a
licensed practitioner which places physical restrictions upon any pupil enrolled in the
public schools of such board of education. For purposes of this section, licensed practitioner means any person who is licensed to practice under chapter 370, 372, 373 or
375 or section 20-94a.
(P.A. 84-177, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-102, S. 12; P.A. 03-211, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to chapter 371; P.A. 03-211 eliminated reference to the healing arts
and added reference to Sec. 20-94a in definition of licensed practitioner, effective July 1, 2003.
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Sec. 10-209. Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools. (a) No
record of any medical examination made or filed under the provisions of sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214, or of any psychological examination made under the
supervision or at the request of a board of education, shall be open to public inspection.
(b) Each health care provider, as defined in section 19a-7h, who has provided immunizations pursuant to section 10-204a and each health care provider as described in
section 10-206 who has provided health assessments pursuant to section 10-206 to a
child who is seeking to enroll in a public school in this state shall provide reports of
such immunizations and health assessments to the designated representative of the local
or regional school district governing the school in which the child seeks to enroll. Such
health care providers shall also report the results of health assessments required pursuant
to section 10-206 and report on immunizations provided pursuant to section 10-204a
to such representative for each child enrolled in such public school. Each local and
regional board of education shall annually designate a representative to receive such
reports from health care providers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1470; 1963, P.A. 545; P.A. 80-440, S. 8, 10; P.A. 03-211, S. 9.)
History: 1963 act added psychological examinations; P.A. 80-440 substituted "sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and
10-214" for "sections 10-205 to 10-207, inclusive"; P.A. 03-211 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added
Subsec. (b) re provision of reports to schools, effective July 1, 2003.
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Sec. 10-210. Notice of disease to be given parent or guardian. Subject to the
provisions of section 19a-216 notice of any disease or defect from which any child is
found by such school medical advisor to be suffering shall be given to the parent or
guardian of such child, with such advice or order relating thereto as such medical advisor
deems advisable, and such parent or guardian shall cause such child to be treated by a
reputable physician for such disease or defects. When any child shows symptoms of
any communicable disease, notice shall also be given to the director of health or board
of health and such child shall be excluded from attendance at such school and not permitted to return without a permit from the town, city or borough director of health.
(1949 Rev., S. 1471; P.A. 78-218, S. 135.)
History: P.A. 78-218 made notice provision subject to Sec. 19-89a.
Cited. 41 CS 31.
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Sec. 10-211. Notice to state board. Section 10-211 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1472; 1963, P.A. 300.)
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Sec. 10-212. School nurses and nurse practitioners. Administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds. Criminal history records checks.
(a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint one or more school nurses
or nurse practitioners. Such school nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by such
boards shall be qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department
of Public Health. Such school nurses may also act as visiting nurses in the town, may
visit the homes of pupils in the public schools and shall assist in executing the orders
of the school medical advisor, if there is any in such town, and perform such other duties
as are required by such board.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administering of medications by parents or guardians to their own children on school grounds.
(c) School nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by or under contract with any
local or regional board of education and any nurse provided to a nonpublic school under
the provisions of section 10-217a shall submit to a criminal history records check in
accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a.
(1949 Rev., S. 1473; P.A. 78-218, S. 136; P.A. 80-440, S. 2, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 11, 58; P.A. 03-211, S. 3; P.A. 04-181, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability of section to local and regional boards of education; P.A. 80-440 made
appointment of school nurses mandatory rather than optional and required them to be "qualified pursuant to regulations
adopted in accordance with chapter 54" by state board of education with advice of health services department; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993;
P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and
Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 designated existing provisions as Subsec.
(a) and added Subsec. (b) re administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds, effective July 1,
2001; P.A. 03-211 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting requirement that the State Board of Education adopt regulations
in consultation with the Department of Public Health for requirement that regulations be adopted with technical advice
and assistance of the Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-181 added Subsec. (c) re criminal history
records checks, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
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Sec. 10-212a. Administration of medications in schools, at athletic events and
to children in school readiness programs. (a)(1) A school nurse or, in the absence of
such nurse, any other nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 378, including
a nurse employed by, or providing services under the direction of a local or regional
board of education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall administer medical preparations only to students enrolled in such school-based health clinic in the absence of a
school nurse, the principal, any teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or
occupational therapist employed by a school district, or coach of intramural and interscholastic athletics of a school may administer, subject to the provisions of subdivision
(2) of this subsection, medicinal preparations, including such controlled drugs as the
Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, by regulation, designate, to any student at
such school pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed to practice medicine,
or a dentist licensed to practice dental medicine in this or another state, or an optometrist
licensed to practice optometry in this state under chapter 380, or an advanced practice
registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, or a physician
assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the written authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. The administration of medicinal preparations
by a nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 378, a principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by a school
district, or coach shall be under the general supervision of a school nurse. No such school
nurse or other nurse, principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or
occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school paraprofessional
administering medication pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be liable to
such student or a parent or guardian of such student for civil damages for any personal
injuries that result from acts or omissions of such school nurse or other nurse, principal,
teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed
by a school district, coach or school paraprofessional administering medication pursuant
to subsection (d) of this section in administering such preparations that may constitute
ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting
gross, wilful or wanton negligence.
(2) Each local and regional board of education that allows a school nurse or, in the
absence of such nurse, any other nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter
378, including a nurse employed by, or providing services under the direction of a local
or regional board of education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall administer
medical preparations only to students enrolled in such school-based health clinic in the
absence of a school nurse, the principal, any teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed
physical or occupational therapist employed by a school district, or coach of intramural
and interscholastic athletics of a school to administer medicine or that allows a student
to self-administer medicine, including medicine administered through the use of an
asthmatic inhaler or an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment, shall adopt written policies and procedures, in accordance with this
section and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that shall
be approved by the school medical advisor or other qualified licensed physician. Once
so approved, such administration of medication shall be in accordance with such policies
and procedures.
(3) A director of a school readiness program as defined in section 10-16p or a before
or after school program exempt from licensure by the Department of Public Health
pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77, or the director's designee,
may administer medications to a child enrolled in such a program in accordance with
regulations adopted by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 54. No individual administering medications pursuant to this subdivision
shall be liable to such child or a parent or guardian of such child for civil damages for
any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of such individual in administering such medications which may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity shall
not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence.
(b) Each school wherein any controlled drug is administered under the provisions
of this section shall keep such records thereof as are required of hospitals under the
provisions of subsections (f) and (h) of section 21a-254 and shall store such drug in
such manner as the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, by regulation, require.
(c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public
Health, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, determined to be necessary by the board to carry out the provisions of this section, including,
but not limited to, regulations that (1) specify conditions under which a coach of intramural and interscholastic athletics may administer medicinal preparations, including controlled drugs specified in the regulations adopted by the commissioner, to a child participating in such intramural and interscholastic athletics, (2) specify conditions and
procedures for the administration of medication by school personnel to students, and
(3) specify conditions for self-administration of medication by students, including permitting a child diagnosed with: (A) Asthma to retain possession of an asthmatic inhaler
at all times while attending school for prompt treatment of the child's asthma and to
protect the child against serious harm or death provided a written authorization for self-administration of medication signed by the child's parent or guardian and an authorized
prescriber is submitted to the school nurse; and (B) an allergic condition to retain possession of an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment at all times while attending school for prompt treatment of the child's allergic
condition and to protect the child against serious harm or death provided a written authorization for self-administration of medication signed by the child's parent or guardian
and an authorized prescriber is submitted to the school nurse. The regulations shall
require authorization pursuant to: (i) The written order of a physician licensed to practice
medicine in this or another state, a dentist licensed to practice dental medicine in this
or another state, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 378, a
physician assistant licensed under chapter 370, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 375,
or an optometrist licensed under chapter 380; and (ii) the written authorization of a
parent or guardian of such child.
(d) (1) With the written authorization of a student's parent or guardian, and (2)
pursuant to the written order of the student's (A) physician licensed to practice medicine,
(B) an optometrist licensed to practice optometry under chapter 380, (C) an advanced
practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, or (D)
a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, a school
nurse and a school medical advisor may jointly approve and provide general supervision
to an identified school paraprofessional to administer medication, including, but not
limited to, medication administered with a cartridge injector, to a specific student with
a medically diagnosed allergic condition that may require prompt treatment in order
to protect the student against serious harm or death. For purposes of this subsection,
"cartridge injector" means an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic
injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first
aid response to allergic reactions.
(1969, P.A. 723, S. 1; P.A. 74-86; P.A. 77-101, S. 3; P.A. 78-99, S. 1, 3; 78-303, S. 57, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 4, 39; 79-631, S. 38, 111; P.A. 84-498, S. 4, 5; P.A. 88-360, S. 47, 63; P.A. 90-85, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-103, S. 2;
94-213, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 37; P.A. 03-211, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6,
S. 146(h); P.A. 04-181, S. 1; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-241, S. 3; 07-252, S. 36; P.A. 09-155, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 74-86 substituted "in the absence of such nurse" for "in her absence" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-101 included
reference to Sec. 19-461(h) in Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-99 substituted commissioner of health services for public health council
in Subsec. (a) and allowed nurses to administer drugs on prescription of physicians licensed in states other than Connecticut;
P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of health services for public health council in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-560 and P.A.
79-631 included reference to Sec. 19-461(h) in Subsec. (b); P.A. 84-498 permitted licensed practical nurses to administer
medicinal preparations in a school and required all such preparations to be administered under the general supervision of
a school nurse and added reference to dentist's prescriptions; P.A. 88-360 in Subsec. (a) provided for the administration
of aspirin, ibuprofen or an aspirin substitute containing acetaminophen; P.A. 90-85 amended Subsec. (a) to delete language
allowing a nurse, principal or teacher to administer aspirin, ibuprofen or an aspirin substitute containing acetaminophen
to a student pursuant to a written commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-103 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision regarding nurses in school-based health clinics;
P.A. 94-213 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to prescriptions by advanced practice registered nurses and physician
assistants; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subsec. (a) by adding
coaches to list of who may administer drugs and added Subsec. (c) re regulation on administration of drugs by coaches;
P.A. 03-211 amended Subsec. (a) to include references to licensed physical or occupational therapists and paraprofessionals
and substitute Commissioner of Consumer Protection for Commissioner of Public Health, amended Subsec. (b) to substitute
Commissioner of Consumer Protection for Commissioner of Public Health, amended Subsec. (c) to allow the State Board
of Education to adopt regulations in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, designate provisions re coaches
as Subdiv. (1), add Subdivs. (2) and (3) re administration of medication by school personnel and students and redesignate
Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), and added Subsec. (d) re administration of medication by a paraprofessional,
effective July 1, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner
of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-181 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing
provisions as Subdiv. (1), making a conforming change therein and adding Subdiv. (2) re written policies and procedures
for self-administration of medicine, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6,
thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A.
07-241 added Subsec. (a)(3) re school readiness programs and before or after school programs, effective July 10, 2007;
P.A. 07-252 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a)(1) and (c)(3)(A) and amended Subsecs. (a)(1) and (d)(2) to allow
administration of medicine based on written order of a licensed optometrist, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-155 amended
Subsec. (a)(1) and (2) by adding "licensed athletic trainer" to list of school professionals who may administer medicinal
preparations, amended Subsec. (a)(2) by including medicine administered through an asthmatic inhaler and an automatic
prefilled cartridge injector among medicines that may be administered at school, amended Subsec. (c) by requiring State
Board of Education to adopt regulations concerning retention and use of asthmatic inhalers and automatic prefilled cartridge
injectors by students while at school, by authorizing out-of-state physician to issue written orders re medicine administered
at school and by making technical changes, and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by substituting "parent or guardian" for "parents",
effective August 15, 2009.
See Sec. 10-220j re blood glucose self-testing by children.
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Sec. 10-212b. Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs
by school personnel. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) "psychotropic drugs" means
prescription medications for behavioral or social-emotional concerns, such as attentional deficits, impulsivity, anxiety, depression and thought disorders, and includes, but
is not limited to, stimulant medication and antidepressants, and (2) "school health or
mental health personnel" means school nurses or nurse practitioners appointed pursuant
to section 10-212, school medical advisors appointed pursuant to section 10-205, school
psychologists, school social workers, school counselors and such other school personnel
who have been identified as the person responsible for communication with a parent or
guardian about a child's need for medical evaluation pursuant to a policy adopted by a
local or regional board of education as required by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each local and regional board of education shall adopt and implement policies
prohibiting any school personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic drugs for
any child. Such policies shall set forth procedures (1) for communication between school
health or mental health personnel and other school personnel about a child who may
require a recommendation for a medical evaluation, (2) establishing the method in which
school health or mental health personnel communicate a recommendation to a parent
or guardian that such child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner, and (3)
for obtaining proper consent from a parent or guardian of a child for the school health
or mental health personnel to communicate about such child with a medical practitioner
outside the school who is not a school employee. The provisions of this section shall
not prohibit (A) school health or mental health personnel from recommending that a
child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner, (B) school personnel from
consulting with such practitioner with the consent of the parents or guardian of such
child, (C) the planning and placement team from recommending a medical evaluation
as part of an initial evaluation or reevaluation, as needed to determine a child's (i)
eligibility for special education and related services, or (ii) educational needs for an
individualized education program.
(P.A. 01-124, S. 1; P.A. 03-211, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 03-211 added new Subsec. (a) defining "psychotropic drugs" and "school health or mental health personnel", designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and amended same to add procedures to be included in policies and
provisions re planning and placement team, substitute "school health or mental health personnel" for "school medical
staff" and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2003.
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Sec. 10-212c. Life-threatening food allergies: Guidelines; district plans. (a)
Not later than January 1, 2006, the Department of Education, in conjunction with the
Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available to each local and regional
board of education guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food
allergies. The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Education and
training for school personnel on the management of students with life-threatening food
allergies, including training related to the administration of medication with a cartridge
injector pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-212a, (2) procedures for responding to
life-threatening allergic reactions to food, (3) a process for the development of individualized health care and food allergy action plans for every student with a life-threatening
food allergy, and (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2006, each local and regional board of education shall:
(1) Implement a plan based on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled
in the schools under its jurisdiction; (2) make such plan available on such board's web
site or the web site of each school under such board's jurisdiction, or if such web sites
do not exist, make such plan publicly available through other practicable means as
determined by such board; and (3) provide notice of such plan in conjunction with the
annual written statement provided to parents and guardians as required by subsection (b)
of section 10-231c. The superintendent of schools for each school district shall annually
attest to the Department of Education that such school district is implementing such
plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 05-104, S. 1; P.A. 09-155, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 05-104 effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 09-155 amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing plan provisions
as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re availability of plan through web sites and other practicable means and adding Subdiv.
(3) re notice of plan and attestation by superintendent of schools that plan is being implemented, effective August 15, 2009.
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Sec. 10-212d. Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools.
Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies. (a) On and after
July 1, 2010, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, each local and
regional board of education shall have at each school under the board's jurisdiction: (1)
An automatic external defibrillator; and (2) school personnel trained in the operation
of such automatic external defibrillator and the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The automatic external defibrillator and school personnel trained in the operation of an
automatic external defibrillator and the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be
accessible during the school's normal operational hours, during school-sponsored athletic practices and athletic events taking place on school grounds and during school
sponsored events not occurring during the normal operational hours of the school.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2010, each school shall develop an emergency action
response plan that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2010, each school with an athletic department or organized
athletic program shall develop an emergency action response plan that addresses the
appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual
experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event while on school grounds.
(d) A local or regional board of education shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this section if federal, state or private funding is not
available to such local and regional board of education to purchase an automatic external
defibrillator and pay for the training of school personnel described in said subsection
(a). A local and regional board of education may accept a donation of an automatic
external defibrillator that meets the standards established by the United States Food and
Drug Administration and is in compliance with the device manufacturer's maintenance
schedule. A local and regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and donations,
including in-kind donations designated for the purchase of an automatic external defibrillator and for the costs incurred to inspect and maintain such device and train staff
in the use of such device.
(P.A. 09-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-94 effective July 1, 2009.
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Sec. 10-213. Dental hygienists. A local or regional board of education may appoint
and prescribe the functions and duties of one or more licensed dental hygienists.
(1949 Rev., S. 1474; P.A. 78-218, S. 137; P.A. 80-440, S. 3, 10.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to local and regional boards of education and referred to schools of local
or regional board rather than schools "in such town"; P.A. 80-440 replaced previous provisions with simple statement that
school board may appoint dental hygienists and prescribe their functions and duties.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
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Sec. 10-214. Vision, audiometric and postural screenings: When required; notification of parents re defects; record of results. (a) Each local or regional board of
education shall provide annually to each pupil in kindergarten, grades one to six, inclusive, and grade nine, a vision screening, using a Snellen chart, or equivalent screening.
The superintendent of schools shall give written notice to the parent or guardian of each
pupil who is found to have any defect of vision or disease of the eyes, with a brief
statement describing such defect or disease.
(b) Each local or regional board of education shall provide annually audiometric
screening for hearing to each pupil in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, grade five
and grade eight. The superintendent of schools shall give written notice to the parent
or guardian of each pupil found to have any impairment or defect of hearing, with a
brief statement describing such impairment or defect.
(c) Each local or regional board of education shall provide annual postural screenings for each pupil in grades five to nine. The superintendent of schools shall give written
notice to the parent or guardian of each pupil who evidences any postural problem, with
a brief statement describing such evidence.
(d) Test results or treatment provided as a result of the screenings pursuant to this
section shall be recorded on forms pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-206.
(e) The State Board of Education, with the technical advice and assistance of the
Department of Public Health, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 54 for screenings pursuant to this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 1475; P.A. 77-125; P.A. 78-218, S. 138; P.A. 80-440, S. 7, 10; P.A. 81-472, S. 11, 159; P.A. 93-381,
S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-229.)
History: P.A. 77-125 included testing for farsightedness in eyesight tests of students; P.A. 78-218 substituted "such
optometrist" for "he" and deleted phrase "under his charge" in provision re testing by superintendent, principal or teacher
when no examination has been made under Sec. 10-206; P.A. 80-440 replaced former provisions with requirements for
visual, audiometric and postural screenings, records of results and treatment and regulations governing screenings; P.A.
81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and
addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and
Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-229 amended
Subsec. (c) to substitute annual screenings in grades five through nine for screening in grade five and again in grade eight.
See Sec. 20-136 re vision examinations performed by optometrists.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
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Sec. 10-214a. Eye-protective devices. The State Board of Education shall make
regulations concerning the use of appliances and devices for eye protection in the laboratories and workshops of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, including regional vocational technical schools. Such regulations shall prescribe the kind and
construction of such appliances and devices and the times during which they shall be
used. The board, or equivalent supervisory body, which is responsible for the administration of any such school shall be responsible for compliance with said regulations.
(1967, P.A. 572, S. 1.)
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Sec. 10-214b. Compliance report by local or regional board of education. Section 10-214b is repealed, effective June 3, 1996.
(P.A. 80-440, S. 9, 10; P.A. 88-136, S. 10, 37; 88-364, S. 16, 123; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)
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Sec. 10-215. Lunches, breakfasts and other feeding programs for public
school children and employees. Any local or regional board of education may establish
and operate a school lunch program for public school children, may operate lunch services for its employees, may establish and operate a school breakfast program, as provided under federal laws governing said programs, or may establish and operate such
other child feeding programs as it deems necessary. Charges for such lunches, breakfasts
or other such feeding may be fixed by such boards and shall not exceed the cost of
food, wages and other expenses directly incurred in providing such services. When such
services are offered, a board shall provide free lunches, breakfasts or other such feeding
to children whose economic needs require such action under the standards promulgated
by said federal laws. Such board is authorized to purchase equipment and supplies that
are necessary, to employ the necessary personnel, to utilize the services of volunteers
and to receive and expend any funds and receive and use any equipment and supplies
which may become available to carry out the provisions of this section. Any town board
of education may vote to designate any volunteer organization within the town to provide
a school lunch program, school breakfast program or other child feeding program in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 1476; 1953, S. 945d; 1971, P.A. 702, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 139; P.A. 81-208, S. 1; 81-472, S. 123, 159.)
History: 1971 act revised section to include references to National School Lunch Act and breakfast programs as provided
in Federal Child Nutrition Act and required that if school district elects to offer lunch and/or breakfast programs it must
provide free meals to children "whose economic needs require such action"; P.A. 78-218 substituted "Any local or regional
board of education" for "The board of education of any school district"; P.A. 81-208 replaced specific references to National
School Lunch Act and Federal Child Nutrition Act with general reference to applicable federal laws; P.A. 81-472 made
technical changes.
See Sec. 10-237 re use of school activity fund for school lunch program and re accounts of school lunch program.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
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Sec. 10-215a. Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding
programs. Nonpublic schools and nonprofit agencies may participate in the school
breakfast, lunch and other feeding programs provided in sections 10-215 to 10-215b
under such regulations as may be promulgated by the State Board of Education in conformance with said sections and under the federal laws governing said programs, except
that such schools, other than the endowed academies approved pursuant to section 10-34, and agencies shall not be eligible for the funding described in subdivision (2) of
subsection (a) of section 10-215b.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 2; P.A. 81-208, S. 2; P.A. 92-170, S. 14, 26; P.A. 06-63, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 81-208 allowed nonprofit agencies to participate in school breakfast, lunch and other feeding programs;
P.A. 92-170 made a technical change; P.A. 06-63 added exception for funding described in Sec. 10-215b(a)(2), effective
July 1, 2006.
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Sec. 10-215b. Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs. (a) The
State Board of Education is authorized to expend in each fiscal year an amount equal
to (1) the money required pursuant to the matching requirements of said federal laws
and shall disburse the same in accordance with said laws, and (2) ten cents per lunch
served in the prior school year in accordance with said laws by any local or regional board
of education, the regional vocational-technical school system or governing authority of
a state charter school, interdistrict magnet school or endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National School Lunch Program and certifies
pursuant to section 10-215f that the nutrition standards established by the Department
of Education pursuant to section 10-215e shall be met.
(b) The State Board of Education shall prescribe the manner and time of application
by such board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system, such governing authority or controlling authority of the nonpublic schools for such funds, provided such application shall include the certification that any funds received pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section shall be used for the program approved. The State Board
of Education shall determine the eligibility of the applicant to receive such grants pursuant to regulations provided in subsection (c) of this section and shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of the grant for which the board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system, the governing authority or the controlling authority of a nonpublic school is eligible. Upon receipt of such certification, the Comptroller shall draw
an order on the Treasurer in the amount, at the time and to the payee so certified.
(c) The State Board of Education may adopt such regulations as may be necessary
in implementing sections 10-215 to 10-215b, inclusive.
(d) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a procedure for monitoring compliance by boards of education, the regional vocational-technical school system, or governing authorities with certifications submitted in accordance with section 10-215f and
may adjust grant amounts pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section
based on failure to comply with said certification.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 3-5; P.A. 78-218, S. 140; P.A. 81-208, S. 3; P.A. 92-170, S. 15, 26; P.A. 06-63, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability of Subsec. (b) to local and regional boards of education, deleting references
to school boards and school districts, and made technical correction; P.A. 81-208 deleted provisions detailing subject
matter of regulations in Subsec. (c); P.A. 92-170 made a technical change in Subsec. (c); P.A. 06-63 amended Subsec. (a)
by designating existing language as Subdiv. (1) and by adding Subdiv. (2) re ten-cent bonus, amended Subsec. (b) by adding
language re regional vocational-technical school system and governing authority and added Subsec. (d) re monitoring
compliance, effective July 1, 2006.
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Sec. 10-215c. Annual report. Section 10-215c is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 6; P.A. 73-310; P.A. 78-218, S. 141; P.A. 82-314, S. 54, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 25, 26.)
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Sec. 10-215d. Regulations re nutrition standards for school breakfasts and
lunches. Not later than July 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, in consultation
with the Department of Public Health, the School Food Service Association and the
Connecticut Dietetic Association, shall, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, adopt
regulations concerning nutrition standards for breakfasts and lunches provided to students by local and regional boards of education.
(P.A. 90-27, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
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Sec. 10-215e. Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast
program. Not later than August 1, 2006, and January first of each year thereafter, the
Department of Education shall publish a set of nutrition standards for food items offered
for sale to students at schools. Such standards shall not apply to food sold as part of the
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program unless such items are
purchased separately from a school lunch or breakfast that is reimbursable under such
program.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006.
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Sec. 10-215f. Certification that food meets nutrition standards. (a) Each local
and regional board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system, and
the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and
endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National
School Lunch Program shall certify in its annual application to the Department of Education for school lunch funding whether, during the school year for which such application
is submitted, all food items made available for sale to students in schools under its
jurisdiction and not exempted from the nutrition standards published by the Department
of Education pursuant to section 10-215e will meet said standards. Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (b) of this section, such certification shall include food not exempted from said nutrition standards and offered for sale to students at all times, and
from all sources, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school
cafeterias, and any fundraising activities on school premises, whether or not school
sponsored.
(b) Each board of education, the regional vocational-technical school system and
each governing authority that certifies pursuant to this section compliance with the
department's nutrition standards for food may exclude from such certification the sale
to students of food items that do not meet such standards, provided (1) such sale is in
connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the
weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such food is not sold
from a vending machine or school store.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006.
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Sec. 10-215g. In-classroom school breakfast pilot program. (a) There is established an in-classroom school breakfast pilot program. The Department of Education
may, within available appropriations, maintain a competitive grant program for the purpose of assisting up to ten severe need schools, as defined by federal law governing
school nutrition programs, to establish in-classroom school breakfast programs.
(b) Applicants for grants provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall
apply annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as
the commissioner prescribes. In determining whether to award an applicant a grant
for an in-classroom school breakfast program, the commissioner shall consider, at a
minimum, the following factors: (1) The specific objectives and description of the proposed program, (2) the cost of the proposed program, (3) the number of children who
will benefit from the proposed program, and (4) whether the proposed program is likely
to increase the number of students receiving nutritious breakfasts.
(P.A. 06-135, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 06-135 effective July 1, 2006.
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Sec. 10-215h. Child nutrition outreach program. (a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations, a child nutrition outreach program
to increase (1) participation in the federal School Breakfast Program, federal Summer
Food Service Program and federal Child and Adult Care Food Program; and (2) federal
reimbursement for such programs.
(b) The child nutrition outreach program shall:
(1) Encourage schools to (A) participate in the federal School Breakfast Program;
(B) employ innovative breakfast service methods where students eat their breakfast in
their classrooms or elsewhere after school starts, rather than only before school and only
in the cafeteria; and (C) apply to the in-classroom breakfast grant program pursuant to
section 10-215g;
(2) (A) Encourage local and regional school districts to sponsor Summer Food
Service Program sites; (B) recruit other sponsors of such sites; and (C) make grants to
site sponsors to assist them in increasing child participation;
(3) Encourage day care centers to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food
Program; and
(4) Publicize the availability of federally funded child nutrition programs throughout the state.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective July 1, 2010.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
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Sec. 10-216. Payment of expenses. The expenses incurred under the provisions
of this chapter, except the expenses of school lunch programs, shall be paid in the same
manner as are the ordinary expenses for the support of schools in the several towns and
school districts.
(1949 Rev., S. 1477; 1953, S. 946d.)
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Sec. 10-217. Penalty. Any person who is responsible for the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not
more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 1464; 1955, S. 943d.)
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Sec. 10-217a. Health services for children in private nonprofit schools. Payments from the state, towns in which children reside and private nonprofit schools.
(a) Each town or regional school district which provides health services for children
attending its public schools in any grade, from kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, shall
provide the same health services for children in such grades attending private nonprofit
schools therein, when a majority of the children attending such schools are residents of
the state of Connecticut. Any such town or district may also provide such services for
children in prekindergarten programs in such private nonprofit schools when a majority
of the children attending such schools are residents of the state of Connecticut. Such
determination shall be based on the percentage of resident pupils enrolled in such school
on October first, or the full school day immediately preceding such date, during the
school year next prior to that in which the health services are to be provided. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require a town or district to provide such
services to any child who is not a resident of this state. Such health services shall include
the services of a school physician, school nurse and dental hygienist, provided such
health services shall not include special education services which, if provided to public
school students, would be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. For
purposes of this section, a resident is a person with continuous and permanent physical
presence within the state, except that temporary absences for short periods of time shall
not affect the establishment of residency.
(b) Any town or regional school district providing such services for children attending such private schools shall be reimbursed by the state for a percentage of the
amount paid from local tax revenues for such services as follows:
(1) The percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues for such services
reimbursed to a local board of education shall be determined by (A) ranking each town
in the state in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such
town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261; (B)
based upon such ranking, (i) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal year ending June 30,
1990, a percentage of not less than forty-five or more than ninety shall be determined
for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any town in which the number of
children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in subdivision (17)
of section 10-262f, is greater than one per cent of the total population of the town, as
defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, the percentage shall be
not less than eighty, (ii) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal years ending June 30, 1991,
to June 30, 2001, inclusive, a percentage of not less than ten or more than ninety shall
be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any town in which
the number of children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in
subdivision (17) of section 10-262f, is greater than one per cent of the total population
of the town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, and for
any town which has a wealth rank greater than thirty when towns are ranked pursuant
to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and which provides such services to greater than
one thousand five hundred children who are not residents of the town, the percentage
shall be not less than eighty, and (iii) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, a percentage of not less than ten or more
than ninety shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any
town in which the number of children under the temporary family assistance program,
as defined in subdivision (17) of section 10-262f, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1997, was greater than one per cent of the total population of the town, as defined in
subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1997, and for any town which has a wealth rank greater than thirty when towns are ranked
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and which provides such services to
greater than one thousand five hundred children who are not residents of the town, the
percentage shall be not less than eighty.
(2) The percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues for such services
reimbursed to a regional board of education shall be determined by its ranking. Such
ranking shall be determined by (A) multiplying the total population, as defined in section
10-261, of each town in the district by such town's ranking, as determined in subdivision
(1) of this subsection, (B) adding together the figures determined under subparagraph
(A) of this subdivision, and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of
this subdivision by the total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each
regional board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each
such board shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the
same rank.
(c) Any town or regional school district which provides such services shall file an
application for such reimbursement not later than the September fifteenth following the
fiscal year in which the services were provided on a form to be provided by the State
Board of Education. Payment shall be made not later than the following January fifteenth.
(d) (1) Upon written notification from the town or regional school district providing
such services, the town of which children attending such private schools are residents
shall pay to the town or regional school district which provided such services during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, a proportionate share of the average unreimbursed
cost per child for providing such services. Such proportionate share shall be equal to
(A) the difference between the amount paid by a town or regional school district for
providing such services for children attending such private schools and the state grant
received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b)
and (c) of this section for providing such services, divided by (B) the total number
of children attending such private schools in the town or regional school district and
multiplied by (C) the number of children who are residents of the town and who attend
such private schools in the town or regional school district providing such services.
(2) Payment to a town or regional school district pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall not make a town making such a payment eligible for reimbursement
under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(3) Upon written notification from the town or regional school district providing
such services, any such private school shall pay to the town or regional school district
which provided such services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, the difference
between the amount paid by the town or regional school district for providing such
services for children attending such private school and the sum of (A) the state grant
received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b)
and (c) of this section for providing such services, (B) payments received by or due to
such town or regional school district pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection for
providing such services and (C) the proportionate share of the average unreimbursed
cost per child for providing such services to children who are residents of the town
providing such services and who attend such private school, such share which shall be
equal to (i) the difference between the amount paid by the town or regional school district
for providing such services for children attending such private school and the state grant
received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b)
and (c) of this section for providing such services, divided by (ii) the total number of
children attending such private school and multiplied by (iii) the number of children
who are residents of the town providing such services and who attend such private
school.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to the contrary,
any town (1) in which more than four hundred children who are not residents of the
state attend private nonprofit schools which are in the town and in which a majority
of the children attending such schools are residents of the state and (2) for which the
percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues reimbursed to the local board of
education pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is less than fifteen per cent may, at
its discretion, provide such services to children in such private nonprofit schools who
are not residents of the state.
(f) The pay of certificated personnel shall be subject to the rules and regulations
providing for deduction for the state Teacher's Retirement Fund by the board of education of such town applicable to certificated teaching personnel in the public schools of
such town. This subsection shall be retroactive to July 1, 1968.
(g) A town or regional school district may provide, at its own expense, the services
of a school psychologist, speech remedial services, school social worker's services and
special language teachers for non-English-speaking students to children attending private nonprofit schools in such town or district.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June
30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards
of education in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total
of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this section.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June
30, 2008, to June 30, 2011, inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional
boards of education in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if
the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of
this section.
(1967, P.A. 481, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 568, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 296, S. 1; P.A. 83-422, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-255, S. 10, 21; P.A.
85-249, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-360, S. 23, 63; P.A. 89-355, S. 6, 20; P.A. 90-225, S. 3, 10; 90-325, S. 28, 32; 91-303, S. 15, 22;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 8, 22; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 12, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 9, 54; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 1; P.A. 04-257, S. 11; P.A. 05-245, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 40.)
History: 1969 act added Subsec. (c) re deductions from pay of certificated personnel; 1972 act amended Subsec. (a) to
require health and welfare services in private schools when majority of students from Connecticut rather than from the
municipality in which private school located; P.A. 83-422 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for method of determining when
a majority of children attending private schools are from the state, and to add language concerning provision of clerical,
supervisory and administrative services necessary to offer health and welfare services; P.A. 84-255 amended Subsecs. (a)
and (b) adding reference to regional school districts; P.A. 85-249 amended section to permit towns to provide health and
welfare services to children in prekindergarten programs in private nonprofit schools, to clarify that such services do not
include special education services and to add a definition of residency; P.A. 88-360 added Subsec. (d) re reimbursement
for health and welfare services for children attending incorporated or endowed high schools or academies; P.A. 89-355 in
Subsec. (a) made the determination of the number of resident children based on the number enrolled on October first rather
than the average of those enrolled on October first and May first and made a technical change, in Subsec. (b) provided that
reimbursement from the state be a percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues rather than the full amount paid
from such revenues, added new Subsec. (c) designation, added new Subsec. (d) re reimbursement from sending school
districts and private schools, relettered Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e) and deleted obsolete former Subsec. (d) re reimbursement
for providing health and welfare services to children attending incorporated or endowed high schools or academies; P.A.
90-225 in Subsec. (b)(1) limited the 45% to 90% reimbursement scale to reimbursement paid in the fiscal year ending June
30, 1990, provided that for fiscal years thereafter the scale be 10% to 90% with a minimum of 80% for certain towns and
made a technical change, in Subsec. (c) specified that applications be filed not later than September fifteenth and that
payment be made not later than the following January fifteenth, in Subsec. (d) limited the payments to towns by other
towns and private schools to payments for services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, and inserted a new Subdiv.
(2) designation making previous Subdiv. (2) Subdiv. (3) and in Subsec. (e) made a technical change; P.A. 90-325 added
new Subsec. (e) re certain towns' discretionary powers to provide health and welfare services to nonresident children
enrolled in private schools and relettered Subsec. (e) as (f); P.A. 91-303 in Subsec. (a) added language specifying that
towns need not provide services to children who are not residents of this state; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 removed the requirement
to provide welfare services, including the services of a school psychologist, speech remedial services, school social worker's
services, special language teachers for non-English-speaking students, and such clerical supervisory and administrative
services necessary to the provision of health and welfare services, and added Subsec. (g) re towns' discretionary power to
provide certain services at their own expense; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (b) to replace references to
aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance and made technical changes, effective July 1,
1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to limit Subpara. (B)(ii) to the fiscal years ending June 30, 1991,
to June 30, 2001, inclusive, and to add Subpara. (B)(iii) re the fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, effective
July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by making grant permanent, effective August 20, 2003;
P.A. 04-257 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(1), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 05-245 added new Subsec. (h) re
proportional reduction of grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 added Subsec. (i) re proportional reduction of grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, and
June 30, 2009, effective July 1, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subsec. (i) to extend proportional reduction of
grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, effective October 5, 2009.
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Sec. 10-217b. Appropriation. Section 10-217b is repealed.
(1972, P.A. 296, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)
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Sec. 10-217c. Definitions. As used in sections 10-217d to 10-217g, inclusive:
(1) "Art or craft material" means any raw or processed material or manufactured
product marketed or represented by the manufacturer as suitable for use in any phase
of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium which (A) contains
a carcinogenic substance, as defined in section 19a-329, or is a potential human carcinogen, as defined in this section, or contains a toxic substance which has been identified
as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVII, Subpart Z, Section 1910.1000, (B) is in a
form that would expose users to the carcinogen, potential human carcinogen or toxic
substance through ingestion, inhalation or absorption and (C) is used in a public primary
or secondary school;
(2) "Medium" includes, but is not limited to, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture,
ceramics, enamels, jewelry, stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather
and textile goods;
(3) "Package insert" means a display or written, printed or graphic matter upon a
leaflet or suitable material accompanying the art or craft material; and
(4) "Potential human carcinogen" means any substance which does not meet the
definition of human carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of carcinogenity in animals, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer
or the National Toxicology Program of the United States Department of Health and
Human Services.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 1.)
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Sec. 10-217d. Warning labels. (a) On and after June 1, 1989, no person shall
distribute, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale for use in a public primary or secondary
school any art or craft material unless such material bears a conspicuous label that says
"WARNING" and includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) The
name of each toxic substance, carcinogen or potential carcinogen contained in the material, including generic or chemical name, (2) the chronic and acute effects of exposure
to such toxic substance, carcinogen or potential carcinogen and the symptoms of effect
of such exposure, to the extent such information is available from the Consumer Product
Safety Commission, the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration,
the International Agency for Research on Cancer or the National Toxicology Program
of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and (3) a statement of
safe use and storage for such art or craft material.
(b) The label shall be placed on the outside container or on a package insert which
is easily legible.
(c) An art or craft material shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this
section if the art or craft material complies with labeling standard D4236 of the American
Society for Testing and Materials, as revised, unless the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection determines that the label on the art or craft material does not properly warn
of the dangers inherent in the use of the art or craft material.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2003 a reference in Subsec. (a) to "United States Department of Health" was changed
editorially by the Revisors to "United States Department of Health and Human Services" for accuracy); June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection,
effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the
Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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Sec. 10-217e. Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school
districts. On and after June 1, 1989, no art or craft material may be ordered or purchased
by any local or regional school district for use by students in kindergarten through
grade twelve, inclusive, unless such art or craft material bears a label that meets the
requirements of section 10-217d. Any art or craft material ordered or purchased before
said date, which does not bear the label required under section 10-217d, may be used
by students in kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 3.)
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Sec. 10-217f. Availability of lists of carcinogenic substances, potential human
carcinogens and certain toxic substances. The Commissioner of Education shall make
available to each local or regional school district a list of carcinogenic substances as
defined in section 19a-329, potential human carcinogens as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the National Toxicology Program of the United
States Department of Health and Human Services and toxic substances which have been
identified as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards,
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVII, Subpart 2, Section 1910.1000.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 4.)
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Sec. 10-217g. Exemptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-217d
and 10-217e, if the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines that a carcinogen,
potential human carcinogen or toxic substance contained in any art or craft material
cannot be ingested, inhaled or otherwise absorbed into the body during any reasonably
foreseeable use of the material so as to pose adverse health effects, said commissioner
may exempt such art or craft material from the provisions of said sections 10-217d and
10-217e.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture
and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby
reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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