MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



Teachers may test sight and hearing annually 



Physicians conduct physical examinations 



Defects reported to parents 



Not more than 2,000 children for one physician 



Compensation of physician not less than $5.00 for each 



school month 



Physicians may examine teachers, janitors and buildings 

 If parents are too poor to provide necessary medical 



treatment it shall be paid for from public funds 

 Penalty of $5.00 to $50.00 for violation of provisions of 



act 



6. LOUISIANA 



Adopted 1911. Regulations of sanitary code of state 

 board of health having force of law. Mandatory. 

 Applies to all public schools 



Administered by school authorities 



Principal of each school makes monthly report on phy- 

 sical condition of children and sanitary condition of 

 buildings on blanks furnished by state board of health 



Principals and teachers exclude children suffering from 

 contagious disease 



7. MAINE 



Adopted 1909. Permissive. Applies to cities and towns 



of less than 40,000 

 Administered by school authorities 

 Not more than 1,000 pupils to a physician 

 Physicians inspect children for contagious diseases 

 Physicians may examine teachers, janitors and buildings 

 Tests of sight and hearing annually by teachers or 



physicians 



Physical examination annually by physicians 

 Defects reported to parents 



8. MASSACHUSETTS 



Adopted 1906; amended 1910. Mandatory. Applies 



to all public schools 



Administered by school or health authorities 

 Physicians inspect children for contagious diseases 

 Physicians may examine teachers, janitors and buildings 

 Tests of sight and hearing made by teachers annually 

 Physicians make physical examinations of children 



annually 



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