167.611. Advisory committee may be established, members, duties and powers--consent form, checklist, prerequisite--identification of family practitioner--distribution of contraceptive devices and drug
Advisory committee may be established, members, duties andpowers--consent form, checklist, prerequisite--identification offamily practitioner--distribution of contraceptive devices anddrugs prohibited.
167.611. 1. A public school or school district mayestablish an advisory committee to review and advise on theservices to be offered. Advisory committees shall be composed ofan appropriate mix of parents, teachers, health professionals,administrators and students. The advisory committee shallmonitor the delivery of services under sections 167.600 to167.621 and may advise the public school or school districtregarding any changes or improvements in the delivery of serviceswhich they believe should be adopted. Any public school orschool district which has existing committees of similarcomposition may use those committees for the purposes establishedherein in lieu of establishing another advisory committee.
2. Before providing any services under sections 167.600 to167.621, the school, school district, or contractor shall provideeach parent or guardian with a consent form and checklist ofservices to be provided and shall request each parent andguardian to specify those services which may not be provided tohis or her child. No services shall be provided which the parentor guardian has specifically indicated may not be provided. Ifthe public school or school district elects to include referralfor contraceptive devices and contraceptive drugs in the servicesto be provided to children, then the check list shall include aspecific item stating that health services may include referralto the family practitioner for contraceptive devices andcontraceptive drugs. No referral for contraceptive devices orcontraceptive drugs shall be made unless the parent, guardian orlegal custodian affirmatively selects such services. No serviceshall be provided nor referral made for services which are notincluded in either section 208.152, RSMo, or subdivision (4) ofsubsection 1 of section 167.600.
3. School personnel shall make a reasonable effort toidentify the family practitioner for each school age child sixyears or older by asking the parent, guardian or legal custodianof the child. The school may also at this time ask the parent,guardian or legal custodian to identify the family practitionerfor children under age six. The fact that a family practitionerhas a contractual relationship with the public school or schooldistrict shall not prohibit the family practitioner from beingselected by the parent, guardian, or legal custodian to be thedesignated family practitioner for his child. If the family doesnot identify a family practitioner, the school may not recommenda specific practitioner or practitioners and shall provide theparent, guardian or legal custodian a randomly selected list ofno fewer than twenty-five or a list of all family practitionerswho practice in the service area. The parent, guardian or legalcustodian may change the selection of the family practitioner atany time by notice to the school. The school shall also providethe parent, guardian or legal custodian the opportunity toprovide relevant medical history on the child. At the beginningof each school year, the school shall make a reasonable effort toupdate the information on the family practitioner.
4. Contraceptive devices or contraceptive drugs shall notbe provided by school personnel or their agents. When a childseeks contraceptive devices or contraceptive drugs, the childshall be referred to the previously designated familypractitioner.
(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 5)