section53

SCHOOL COMMITTEES

**Chapter 71: Section 53. School physicians and nurses**
School Committee shall:


 * appoint one or more school physicians and registered nurses to the public schools within its jurisdiction.
 * provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties.
 * assign one or more physicians to the examination of children who apply for health certificates required by Chapter 149 Section 87 (//but// in cities where the medical inspection is provided by the board of health, the board of health will appoint and assign the physicians and nurses.)

The department may exempt towns having a valuation of less than one million dollars from so much of this section as relates to school nurses.