STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires all students enrolled in grade eight to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning physicals for certain students and supplementing chapter 40 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The board of education of a public school district and the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall require that each student enrolled in grade 8 have a physical examination using the “Preparticipation Physical Evaluation” form developed pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.7). The licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who performs the physical examination shall sign the form’s certification statement attesting to the completion of the professional development module developed pursuant to subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41d). The board of education of a public school district and the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall retain the original signed statement to attest to the qualifications of the health care practitioner to perform the physical examination required pursuant to this subsection.
b. A student enrolled in grade 8 who participates on a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad shall satisfy the requirements of subsection a. of this section in accordance with the provisions of the “Scholastic Student-Athlete Safety Act,” P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.6 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the enactment of this act.