PRINTER'S NO. 534
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
562
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, JAMES, HAMM, BARTON, MADDEN,
M. MACKENZIE, KAUFFMAN, CIRESI, CONKLIN, PASHINSKI, SMITH AND
OTTEN, MARCH 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 20, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school health services, further
providing for health services and for vision screening and
examinations, providing for eye health examinations and
further providing for examinations by examiners of own
choice.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1402(a) and 1403.1(a), (b)(1) and (2)
and (d) of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as
the Public School Code of 1949, are amended to read:
Section 1402. Health Services.--(a) Each child of school
age shall be given by methods established by the Advisory Health
Board, (1) a hearing test by a school nurse or medical
technician, (1.1) a vision screening by school health personnel
or a screener or an eye health examination by an ophthalmologist
or optometrist, and (2) a measurement of height and weight by a
school nurse or teacher, who shall use the measurement to
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