(a) The State Board of Health is directed to promulgate regulations as soon as possible to implement this subchapter.
(b) The regulations shall not be effective until concurred in by the State Board of Education.
(c) The regulations shall provide that no child shall be screened if his or her parent or guardian objects to the screening in writing, stating as the basis of the objection that it is contrary to the parent's or guardian's religious beliefs.
(d) The regulations shall provide that the schools shall not be required to hire personnel on a full-time, part-time, or consultant basis to conduct the screening, but they shall utilize school health personnel, volunteers, and other school employees who are not classroom teachers and who meet the qualifications prescribed by the regulations.
Section: Previous 20-15-802 20-15-803Last modified: November 15, 2016