Bill > S631

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Under current law, P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.6 et al.) and State Board of Education regulations at N.J.A.C.6A:16-2.2(h), a school district and nonpublic school require that prior to the participation of any student enrolled in grades six through 12 on a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad, the student must have a physical examination using the "Preparticipation Physical Evaluation" form. The law specifies that the physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who conducts the physical must have completed a Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module to increase the assessment skills of those health care practitioners. That training module emphasizes the ability to recognize and identify symptoms of cardiac disease and cardiac abnormalities among students. This bill requires that every student enrolled in grade eight in a public or nonpublic school undergo a physical examination using the "Preparticipation Physical Evaluation" form. The licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who performs the physical examination will sign the form's certification statement attesting to the completion of the professional development module developed pursuant to current law. The school will retain the original signed statement to attest to the qualifications of the health care practitioner to perform the physical examination.

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Robert Gordon (D)*,  Patrick Diegnan (D), 

Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading (on 01/25/2018)