18A:40-3.1.Ā  Appointment and salary, school nurses, etc. Every person employed as a school nurse, school nurse supervisor, head school nurse, chief school nurse or school nurse coordinator, or performing anyĀ  school nursing service, in the public schools of this state shall be appointedĀ  by the board of education having charge of the school or schools in which theĀ  services are to be rendered and shall be under the direction of said board orĀ  an officer or employee of the board designated by it and the salary of suchĀ  person shall be fixed by, and paid from the funds of said board according toĀ  law, except that the performance of school nursing services in any publicĀ  school in this state may be continued, under any original contract or agreementĀ  entered into, prior to February 27, 1957, or under any renewal or modificationĀ  thereof, during the term of such contract or agreement or renewal orĀ  modification thereof.
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L.1967, c.271.
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