Student Health Services

(a)The Guam Department of Education shall provide leadership and assistance to schools relating to student health services. The Department, working in cooperation with the Department of Public Health and Social Services, shall provide, contract for services, or identify resources to improve student health services, including, but not limited to, the following:

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(A)standardized protocols and guidelines for health procedures to be performed by health care practitioners and school employees. The protocols and guidelines shall include, but not be limited, to the following:

(i)the delegation of nursing functions consistent with administrative rules and regulations promulgated by the Guam Board of Nurse Examiners to the extent that such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with this Chapter;

(ii)training of designated nonmedical school employees; and

(iii)appropriate documentation and recordkeeping, including, but not limited to, notification to school administrators and parents or guardians of the provision of health services by a school employee, including certification of medical necessity for health services signed by a health care practitioner, and informed consent by a parent or guardian for the provision of health services.

(B)A copy of the protocols and guidelines shall be made available to every Department of Education school and shall be maintained by each school in a publicly available place;

(2)consultation, technical assistance, and development of quality improvement measures for the Superintendent and individual Guam Department of Education schools;

(3)facilitation of data collection and reporting of school health services; and COL1172018 CH. 9A STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES ACT

(4)information and resources that relate to the provision of school health services.

(b)The Guam Department of Education shall establish or designate a position to assist in carrying out the responsibilities required under Subsection

(a)of this Section. The position may be established or designated using existing personnel resources, or by contract, with an individual who:

(1)holds, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in nursing with a master’s degree in nursing or a related field from an accredited postsecondary institution; and

(2)is a registered nurse licensed under the provisions of Chapter 12 of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated.