school nurse services, including, but not limited to, those
defined by the Department of Health.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (a.2), the number of
pupils under the care or supervision of each certificated school
nurse shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500).
(3) When it is medically appropriate to do so, school nurse
services may be provided by means of a virtual or remote
connection, by which the student and the nurse may both see and
hear one another, provided that a nurse remains on call at all
times to promptly provide in-person services at the school when
medically indicated.
(a.2) The following shall apply to recovery from the
pandemic of 2020:
(1) This subsection applies only to the 2020-2021 school
year as a result of the need for the safety and health of
students while reopening schools during the global pandemic
declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.
(2) The following shall apply:
(i) Notwithstanding subsection (a.1), the number of pupils
under the care or supervision of each certificated school nurse
shall not exceed five hundred (500).
(ii) School nurse services shall be provided to public and
nonpublic school students in the schools which they attend on
each day when that school is in session, if at least one hundred
(100) students are enrolled in the school building of
attendance. School nurse services that shall be provided under
this subsection are the services specifically enumerated in this
section, subsection (a.1) and any other special needs or
services related to the pandemic of 2020, including, but not
limited to, a quarantine room.
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