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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 3. HEALTH

20-2-772. Rules and regulations for screening of students for scoliosis.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    In addition to any other requirements of this part, the Department of Public Health is authorized and directed, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, to promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the screening of public school children for scoliosis.#

  2. (b)

    The rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall not require the prior approval of parents or legal guardians of public school children for the screening of such school children for scoliosis. However, such rules and regulations shall provide for advance written notice of the time of such screening to be given to parents and legal guardians of such public school children. If the parent or legal guardian of a child objects to such child being screened for scoliosis, such child shall be exempt from such screening.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-772, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1547, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214.

Editor's notes

For application of this statute in 2021, see Executive Orders 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, and 03.31.21.03.

Administrative rules and regulations

Screening of public school children for scoliosis, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, Subject 511-5-8.

Law reviews

For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, pages 713 to 714; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8daa8948bdb5.