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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE B. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 37. ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE IN CHILDREN
Sec. 37.001. SCREENING PROGRAM FOR ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE.
(a) The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education
Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal
curvature in children.
(b) The board, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency,
shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of children
in grades 6 and 9 attending public or private schools. The
department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any
other screening program conducted by the department on those
children.
(c) The board shall adopt substantive and procedural rules
necessary to administer screening activities.
(d) A rule adopted by the board under this chapter may not
require any expenditure by a school, other than an incidental
expense required for certification training for nonhealth
practitioners and for notification requirements under Section
37.003.
(e) The department may coordinate the spinal screening
activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies,
volunteer organizations, and other entities so that the efforts
of each entity are complementary and not duplicative. The
department may provide technical assistance to those entities in
developing screening programs and may provide educational and
other material to assist local screening activities.
(f) The department shall monitor the quality of screening
activities provided under this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.36, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.002. COMPLIANCE WITH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each
individual required by board rule to be screened shall undergo
approved screening for abnormal spinal curvature. The
individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian may
substitute professional examinations for the screening.
(b) An individual is exempt from screening if screening
conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or
religious denomination of which the individual is an adherent or
a member. To qualify for the exemption, the individual's parent,
managing conservator, or guardian must submit to the chief
administrator on or before the day of the screening procedure an
affidavit stating the objections to screening.
(c) The chief administrator of each school shall ensure that
each individual admitted to the school complies with the
screening requirements set by the board or submits an affidavit
of exemption.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.003. REPORTS. (a) If the screening performed under
this chapter indicates that an individual may have abnormal
spinal curvature, the individual performing the screening shall
fill out a report on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The chief administrator of the school shall retain one copy
of the report and shall mail one copy to the parent, managing
conservator, or guardian of the individual screened.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.004. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING. (a)
The department may train persons who administer the spinal
screening procedure and may approve training programs.
(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this
chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health
practitioner; or
(2) certified as having completed an approved training program
in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.
(c) A person who provides a professional examination authorized
by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be
appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that the department
provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners
through Texas Education Agency regional education service
centers.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.005. FUNDING. The department may accept appropriations,
donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the
purposes of this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.006. CONTRACTS. The department may enter into contracts
and agreements necessary to administer this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Texas > Health-and-safety-code > Title-2-health > Chapter-37-abnormal-spinal-curvature-in-children
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE B. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 37. ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE IN CHILDREN
Sec. 37.001. SCREENING PROGRAM FOR ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE.
(a) The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education
Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal
curvature in children.
(b) The board, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency,
shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of children
in grades 6 and 9 attending public or private schools. The
department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any
other screening program conducted by the department on those
children.
(c) The board shall adopt substantive and procedural rules
necessary to administer screening activities.
(d) A rule adopted by the board under this chapter may not
require any expenditure by a school, other than an incidental
expense required for certification training for nonhealth
practitioners and for notification requirements under Section
37.003.
(e) The department may coordinate the spinal screening
activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies,
volunteer organizations, and other entities so that the efforts
of each entity are complementary and not duplicative. The
department may provide technical assistance to those entities in
developing screening programs and may provide educational and
other material to assist local screening activities.
(f) The department shall monitor the quality of screening
activities provided under this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.36, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.002. COMPLIANCE WITH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each
individual required by board rule to be screened shall undergo
approved screening for abnormal spinal curvature. The
individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian may
substitute professional examinations for the screening.
(b) An individual is exempt from screening if screening
conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or
religious denomination of which the individual is an adherent or
a member. To qualify for the exemption, the individual's parent,
managing conservator, or guardian must submit to the chief
administrator on or before the day of the screening procedure an
affidavit stating the objections to screening.
(c) The chief administrator of each school shall ensure that
each individual admitted to the school complies with the
screening requirements set by the board or submits an affidavit
of exemption.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.003. REPORTS. (a) If the screening performed under
this chapter indicates that an individual may have abnormal
spinal curvature, the individual performing the screening shall
fill out a report on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The chief administrator of the school shall retain one copy
of the report and shall mail one copy to the parent, managing
conservator, or guardian of the individual screened.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.004. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING. (a)
The department may train persons who administer the spinal
screening procedure and may approve training programs.
(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this
chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health
practitioner; or
(2) certified as having completed an approved training program
in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.
(c) A person who provides a professional examination authorized
by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be
appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that the department
provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners
through Texas Education Agency regional education service
centers.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.005. FUNDING. The department may accept appropriations,
donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the
purposes of this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.006. CONTRACTS. The department may enter into contracts
and agreements necessary to administer this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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Chapter-37-abnormal-spinal-curvature-in-children HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE B. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 37. ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE IN CHILDREN
Sec. 37.001. SCREENING PROGRAM FOR ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE.
(a) The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education
Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal
curvature in children.
(b) The board, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency,
shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of children
in grades 6 and 9 attending public or private schools. The
department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any
other screening program conducted by the department on those
children.
(c) The board shall adopt substantive and procedural rules
necessary to administer screening activities.
(d) A rule adopted by the board under this chapter may not
require any expenditure by a school, other than an incidental
expense required for certification training for nonhealth
practitioners and for notification requirements under Section
37.003.
(e) The department may coordinate the spinal screening
activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies,
volunteer organizations, and other entities so that the efforts
of each entity are complementary and not duplicative. The
department may provide technical assistance to those entities in
developing screening programs and may provide educational and
other material to assist local screening activities.
(f) The department shall monitor the quality of screening
activities provided under this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.36, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.002. COMPLIANCE WITH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each
individual required by board rule to be screened shall undergo
approved screening for abnormal spinal curvature. The
individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian may
substitute professional examinations for the screening.
(b) An individual is exempt from screening if screening
conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or
religious denomination of which the individual is an adherent or
a member. To qualify for the exemption, the individual's parent,
managing conservator, or guardian must submit to the chief
administrator on or before the day of the screening procedure an
affidavit stating the objections to screening.
(c) The chief administrator of each school shall ensure that
each individual admitted to the school complies with the
screening requirements set by the board or submits an affidavit
of exemption.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.003. REPORTS. (a) If the screening performed under
this chapter indicates that an individual may have abnormal
spinal curvature, the individual performing the screening shall
fill out a report on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The chief administrator of the school shall retain one copy
of the report and shall mail one copy to the parent, managing
conservator, or guardian of the individual screened.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.004. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING. (a)
The department may train persons who administer the spinal
screening procedure and may approve training programs.
(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this
chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health
practitioner; or
(2) certified as having completed an approved training program
in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.
(c) A person who provides a professional examination authorized
by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be
appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that the department
provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners
through Texas Education Agency regional education service
centers.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. Sept.
1, 1997.
Sec. 37.005. FUNDING. The department may accept appropriations,
donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the
purposes of this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 37.006. CONTRACTS. The department may enter into contracts
and agreements necessary to administer this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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