Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
6-18-701. Physical examinations — Individualized healthcare plans.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-18-701. Physical examinations — Individualized healthcare plans.
(a) The board of directors of a school district may appoint and provide for the payment of at least one (1) physician or nurse and assign the physician or nurse to the public schools of the district for the purpose of making physical examinations of the public school students as may be prescribed in the rules of the State Board of Education.
(b) The nature of the examination shall be only to detect contagious or infectious diseases or any defect of sight, hearing, or function or condition of health that may prevent a pupil from receiving the full benefit of school work.
(c) The physician or nurse appointed under subsection (a) of this section shall make examinations for contagious or infectious disease, including without limitation the teeth and mouth, whenever the examination may be deemed necessary and make examination for other defects at least one (1) time in each school year, preferably at or near the beginning of the year.
(d) In a city, town, or county where the health authorities provide for the physical examination of public school students as provided in this section, the examination may not be made by any school physician or school nurse.
(e)(1) A public school student may be excused from the examination under this section on presentation of a certificate from a reputable physician that the physician has recently examined the public school student or on presentation of a written statement of the public school student's parent or guardian that the parent or guardian objects to the examination of his or her child or ward.
(2) However, subdivision (e)(1) of this section does not apply in the case of a public school student suspected of having a contagious or infectious disease.
(f)(1
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-701
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:6-18-701
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.06.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 67df92b523498c2fa2471ee9737e877645bc191a19817e1f930b8853d0fa0739
Source location: content.xml paragraph 18049
Stored source content
6-18-701. Physical examinations — Individualized healthcare plans.
(a) The board of directors of a school district may appoint and provide for the payment of at least one (1) physician or nurse and assign the physician or nurse to the public schools of the district for the purpose of making physical examinations of the public school students as may be prescribed in the rules of the State Board of Education.
(b) The nature of the examination shall be only to detect contagious or infectious diseases or any defect of sight, hearing, or function or condition of health that may prevent a pupil from receiving the full benefit of school work.
(c) The physician or nurse appointed under subsection (a) of this section shall make examinations for contagious or infectious disease, including without limitation the teeth and mouth, whenever the examination may be deemed necessary and make examination for other defects at least one (1) time in each school year, preferably at or near the beginning of the year.
(d) In a city, town, or county where the health authorities provide for the physical examination of public school students as provided in this section, the examination may not be made by any school physician or school nurse.
(e)(1) A public school student may be excused from the examination under this section on presentation of a certificate from a reputable physician that the physician has recently examined the public school student or on presentation of a written statement of the public school student's parent or guardian that the parent or guardian objects to the examination of his or her child or ward.
(2) However, subdivision (e)(1) of this section does not apply in the case of a public school student suspected of having a contagious or infectious disease.
(f)(1) A public school student with special healthcare needs, including without limitation a student who has a chronic illness, is considered medically fragile, or who is dependent on technology, shall have an individualized healthcare plan that is developed in collaboration with the school nurse.
(2) An invasive medical procedure required by the public school student and provided at the public school shall be performed by trained and licensed, licensed healthcare provider who is licensed to perform the task under § 17-87-102(10)(D) or other professional licensure statutes, unless otherwise permissible under § 17-87-103(10) and (11).
(3) A regular classroom teacher shall not perform tasks under subdivision (f)(2) of this section, except as otherwise permissible under § 6-18-711(c).
(4) Custodial healthcare services required by a public school student under an individualized healthcare plan shall be provided by trained school employees other than the regular classroom teacher.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-87-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Arkansas State Board of Nursing;
(2) “Collaborative practice agreement” means a written plan that identifies a physician who agrees to collaborate with an advanced practice registered nurse in the joint management of the health care of the advanced practice registered nurse's patients and that outlines procedures for consultation with or referral to the collaborating physician or other healthcare professional as indicated by a patient's healthcare needs;
(3) “Consulting physician” means a physician licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., with obstetrical privileges in a hospital, who has agreed to practice in consultation with a certified nurse midwife;
(4)(A) “Practice of advanced practice registered nursing” means the delivery of healthcare services for compensation by a professional nurse who has gained additional knowledge and skills through successful completion of an organized program of nursing education that certifies nurses for advanced practice roles as certified nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, and clinical nurse specialists.
(B) “Practice of advanced practice registered nursing” includes the practice of nursing as a:
(i) Certified nurse practitioner;
(ii) Certified registered nurse anesthetist;
(iii) Certified nurse midwife; and
(iv) Clinical nurse specialist;
(5) “Practice of certified nurse midwifery” means the performance for compensation of advanced nursing practices by a certified nurse midwife that are relevant to the management of women's health care, focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, care of the newborn, f
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-87-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-87-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-87-103. Exceptions — Definitions.
This chapter does not prohibit:
(1) The furnishing of nursing assistance in an emergency;
(2) The practice of nursing that is incidental to their program of study by students enrolled in nursing education programs approved by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing;
(3) The practice of any legally qualified nurse of another state who is employed by the United States Government or any bureau, division, or agency while in the discharge of his or her official duties in installations where jurisdiction has been ceded by the State of Arkansas;
(4) The practice of any legally qualified and licensed nurse of another state, territory, or foreign country whose responsibilities include transporting patients into, out of, or through this state while actively engaged in patient transport that does not exceed forty-eight (48) hours in this state;
(5) Nursing or care of the sick when done in connection with the practice of the religious tenets of any church by its adherents;
(6) The care of the sick when done in accordance with the practice of religious principles or tenets of any well-recognized church or denomination that relies upon prayer or spiritual means of healing;
(7) The administration of anesthetics under the supervision of, but not necessarily in the presence of, a licensed physician, dentist, or other person lawfully entitled to order anesthesia by a graduate nurse anesthetist awaiting certification results while holding a temporary permit;
(8) The administration of anesthetics under the supervision of, but not necessarily in the presence of, a licensed physician, dentist, or other person lawfully entitled to order anesthesia by a registered nurse who is enrolled as a bona fide student pursuing a course in a nurse anesthe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-87-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-87-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-18-711. Administration of medication for diabetes.
(a) Upon written request of a parent or guardian of a student with diabetes and authorization by the treating physician of the student, a student in the classroom, in another area designated at the school, on school grounds, or at a school-related activity may:
(1) Perform blood glucose checks;
(2) Administer insulin through the insulin delivery system the student uses;
(3) Treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia; and
(4) Possess on his or her person the necessary supplies and equipment to perform diabetes monitoring and treatment functions.
(b) A student shall have access to a private area to perform diabetes monitoring and treatment functions upon request of the parent or guardian of a student, as outlined in the student's health plan.
(c) A public school employee may volunteer to be trained to administer and may administer glucagon to a student with Type 1 diabetes in an emergency situation as permitted under § 17-87-103(11).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-18-711
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-18-711. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.