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Program Guidelines, Technical Assistance Guidelines, and DOE Technical Assistance Papers & Notes for county school health programs
The following documents are less than 500 KB unless otherwise noted.


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DOH Program Guidelines:

The Role of the Professional School Nurse in the Delegation of Care in Florida Schools (2006) - reviewed September 2010
  Technical Assistance Guideline: School Health 2 - pdf
   DOH Memorandum - pdf
Standards of Care for Children with Pediculosis capitis (2006)
  Technical Assistance Guideline: School Health - pdf
Asthma Guidelines (2005)
   Nursing Guidelines for the Delegation of Care for Students with Asthma in Florida Schools - pdf
   DOH Memorandum- pdf DOE Memorandum - pdf
Diabetes Guidelines (2003)
   Nursing Guidelines for the Delegation of Care for Students with Diabetes in Florida Schools  - pdf
   DOH/DOE Memorandum - 512KB pdf

●  DOH Technical Assistance (TA) Policy:

Sliding Scale Insulin Policy (2004) - revised November 2010
   Technical Assistance: School Health 1 - pdf
   Internal Operating Policy: School Health 1 - pdf
Supporting Documents:
   Policy Memorandum - pdf Insulin Log - doc
   Insulin Calculation Instructions - pdf  Physician Insulin Order - doc

●  DOE Memorandums, Technical Assistance Papers & Notes:

Automated External Defibrillators, Sun-Protective Wear, Physical Education, Coordinated School Health Program (2006 Legislation).  SB 772 amending ss. 1006.165, 1001.43, 1003.453, 1005.455, and 381.0056, F.S.
   Memorandum, K12: 2006-137 ; September 8, 2006 - pdf
Child Abuse Source Book for Florida School Personnel
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-17 ; March 7, 2005 - pdf
   Child Abuse Source Book A Prevention for Florida School Personnel and Intervention Tool ; 2004 - 759 KB pdf
Epi-Pen (Kelsey Ryan Act - 2005); (Implementing Guidelines - 2006)
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-93 ; July 21, 2005 - pdf
   Memorandum, K-12: 2006-68 ; May 24, 2006 - pdf (Implementation of 2005 Legislation: HB 279 "Kelsey Ryan Act")
   Technical Assistance Paper, FY 2006-7 ; May 2006 - pdf (Implementing the Kelsey Ryan Act)
Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act Amendments (2006 Legislation).  HB 127 amending ss. 1002.23(2) & (7), 1002.42(6), F.S.
   Memorandum, K12: 2006-93 ; July 12, 2006 - pdf (parent information for immunizations and meningococcal disease)
FERPA (Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act)
   Memorandum, DPS: 03-042 ; October 23, 2002 - pdf
   Memorandum, DPS: 04-093 ; March 12, 2004 - pdf
   Technical Assistance Paper, DPS 2009:103; June 30, 2009 - pdf
   Compliance with FERPA Requirement for Parental Consent/Medicaid Certified School Match Program:
   Memorandum ;Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services; July 7, 2006 - pdf
Individual Education Plans (IEPs) - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).  Statewide on-line IEP Project.
   IEP FAQs ; April 2006, Volume 1 - pdf
Jessica Lunsford Act (Background Screening)
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-68 ; May 24, 2005 - pdf
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-107 ; August 15, 2005 - pdf
   Technical Assistance Paper, K12: 2005-107a ; August 2005 - pdf
   DOH Memorandum ; August 22, 2005 - pdf
   DOH Family Health Services E-mail - August 31, 2005 - pdf
Physical Education
   Memorandum, DPS: 04-016 ; August 25, 2003 - pdf
   Technical Assistance Paper, K-8: 2008-101 ; July 31, 2008 - pdf
Psychotropic  Medications
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-101 ; August 1, 2005 - pdf
   Memorandum, DPS: 2009-230, December 14, 2009 (Role of School Personnel) - pdf
Reporting of Abuse to the Department of Children and Families
   Memorandum, K12: 2006-100 ; July 26, 2006 - pdf
School Wellness Policies and Nutrition Guidelines (2006 Legislative Changes).  SB 772 amending s. 1003.453, F.S.
   Memorandum, COEFO: 07-03 ; August 9, 2006 - pdf
Section 504 (Parent and Teacher Guide)
   Memorandum, DPS: 04-064 ; January 15, 2004 - pdf
   A Parent and Teacher Guide to Section 504: Frequently Asked Questions - pdf
Special Education (Terminology for Specific Disabilities) - HB 1313 amending various DOE statutes (2008)
   Memorandum, K12: 2008-109 - pdf
Statewide Policy for Strengthening Domestic Security in Florida’s Public Schools (Revised)
   Memorandum, K12: 2006-63; May 3, 2006 - pdf
Students with Disabilities
   Memorandum, K12: 2005-173 ; December 22, 2005 - pdf
   Technical Assistance Paper, FY 2006-4 ; November 2005 - pdf
Teenage Parent Programs (TAP)
   Memorandum, #03-36 ; Resource Manual for Teenage Parent Programs in Florida School Districts; August 18, 2003 - pdf
Transporting Students with Oxygen in School Buses
   Technical Assistance Note, T-06-03 ; December 14, 2005 - pdf
Various - DOE Student Support Services, Nursing Section
   Technical Assistance Papers & Memos - pdf

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