Title 3, Human Resources

Establishment of Instructional Policies. The Board shall establish instructional policies and regulations that address the needs of the Commonwealth, its students, and its future. Source: PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this s…

Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School Programs. (a) The Board through the Commissioner of Education shall establish and provide such academic, career, early intervention, and technical programs as are appropriate and beneficial to the students and which shall serve …

Student Records: Right to Access. (a) Parents or legal guardians of enrolled, or formerly enrolled students, and students who have attained the age of eighteen (18), who are attending an institution of post-secondary education, have an absolute right to access their educational r…

Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools. Every person between the ages of five (5) and seventeen (17) shall attend a public school or non-public school or until the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade or upon meeting the high school graduation requirements. Any parent, guard…

School Calendar. The Board shall establish and maintain within each school year an instructional calendar of no less than one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction for students from kindergarten through the twelfth (12 th) grade, exclusive of weekends, holidays, and emergency …

Attendance Zones. (a) The Board shall establish standards for the formation and reorganization of attendance zones. Such standards may include: (1) Determination that the zones will enroll an adequate number of pupils; (2) Determination that the zones are organized on the basis o…

School Property. The Board shall adopt regulations for proper management, acquisition, and control of property and facilities, including grounds, equipment, and vehicles. The Public School System shall be subject to the procurement regulations as adopted and implemented by the Bo…

Transportation. (a) The Public School System shall provide safe, adequate transportation to and from any public school for all entitled Commonwealth students who reside beyond a reasonable distance from the public school they attend. The Commissioner shall determine which Commonw…

Immunizations. (a) Every parent of a child shall, at the time of first enrollment of the child in any Commonwealth special education, preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school, public or non-public, irrespective of grade level, provide the school authorities with proof t…

Physical Examinations. Prior to entering the school for the first time, each child shall provide a certificate of physical examination to the school. Source: PL 6-10, § 1 (§ 1551); subsection (a) amended by PL 11-32, § 5; repealed and reenacted by PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), mo…

Exceptions to Sections 1151 & 1152. (a) Exceptions to the requirement of immunizations and physical examination shall be granted by the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation’s Division of Public Health Services pursuant to policies established by its Director. Said policies shall i…

Health Certificates. The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation’s Division of Public Health Services shall, upon request, provide health certificate forms for immunization and physical examination to the Private and Public School Systems. Any immunization record signed by a Commonwe…

Rules and Regulations. The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation’s Division of Public Health Services shall adopt rules and regulations relating to required immunizations under this Article. Any immunizations required, and the manner and frequency of their administration, shall con…

School Breakfast and Lunch Program. The Board shall establish a school breakfast and lunch program, including the privatization of the breakfast and lunch program, and promulgate rules and regulations for its implementation. Source: PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), modified. Commiss…

Certificates. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary it shall be within the sole discretion and authority of the Board of Education or its authorized designees to establish and maintain the procedures and regulations for the certification, licensure, and regulation of Public Sch…

Authorization for Appropriation and Transfer of Funds. (a) The Commonwealth Secretary of Finance shall, on a monthly basis, transfer no less than eight and three tenths percent (8.3%) of the Public School System appropriated “personnel” funds to the Public School System. (b) The …

Public School Employee Compensation. The Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the salary classification and compensation guidelines for all PSS employees. The Board of Education and the Public School System shall be exempt from the salary guidelines…

Definition: “School.” As used in this article, “school” means any day-care center, child care facility, headstart program, preschool, kindergarten, public or private, including any special school for children in the Commonwealth. Source: PL 1-33, § 2; amended by PL 3-43, § 105. C…

Immunization and Tuberculin Test Requirement. (a) Every parent of a child admitted for the first time to any school in the Commonwealth shall present to the appropriate school official, certification from the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services or from a licens…

Noncompliance: Provisional Entrance to School. (a) A child may enter school provisionally upon submitting written proof from a licensed physician or the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services stating that the child is in the process of receiving the required immun…

Continued Noncompliance. If a child does not complete its required immunizations and tuberculin test within the three month period after provisional entry into school, the Department of Education shall refer the child to the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services.…

Exemption from Immunization Requirement; Inapplicability of Exemption. (a) A child may be exempted from the required immunizations if a licensed physician certifies that the physical condition of the child is such that immunizations would endanger the child’s life or health. (b) …

Department of Public Health and Environmental Services: Student Immunization and Examination Functions. (a) The Department of Public Health and Environmental Services shall administer and enforce the immunization and tuberculin test requirements under this act. (b) The Department…

Penalty Provision. Any parent who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished for each offense by a fine not to exceed $100. Source: PL 1-33, § 12.

Definitions. For purposes of this article: (a) “Dispense” or “dispensing” means the furnishing of drugs pursuant to a prescription in a suitable container, appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient or other individual entitled. (b) “Health care …

Expedited Partner Therapy as a Treatment Option. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health care provider who is licensed to diagnose and prescribe drugs for a sexually transmitted gonorrhea, chlamydia, or trichomoniasis infection, and who diagnoses a sexually trans…

Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. The Health Care Professions Licensing Board shall have the authority under this article to promulgate rules and regulations that are necessary for the implementation of this article. Source: PL 20-69 § 2 (Oct. 5, 2018), modified. Commission …

Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms are defined as follows: (a) “Adverse Action” means: Any action taken by a State Psychology Regulatory Authority which finds a violation of a statute or regulation that is identified by the State Psychology Regulatory …

Home State Licensure. (a) The Home State shall be a Compact State where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. (b) A psychologist may hold one or more Compact State licenses at a time. If the psychologist is licensed in more than one Compact State, the Home State is t…

Compact Privilege to Practice Telepsychology. (a) Compact States shall recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a Compact State in conformance with Article III, to practice telepsychology in other Compact States (Receiving States) in which the psychologist is not licens…

Compact Temporary Authorization to Practice. (a) Compact States shall recognize the right of a psychologist, licensed in a Compact State in conformance with Article III, to practice temporarily in other Compact States (Distant States) in which the psychologist is not licensed, as…

Conditions of Telepsychology Practice in a Receiving State. (a) A psychologist may practice in a Receiving State under the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by an appropriate State …

Adverse Actions. (a) A Home State shall have the power to impose adverse action against a psychologist’s license issued by the Home State. A Distant State shall have the power to take adverse action on a psychologist’s Temporary Authorization to Practice within that Distant State…

Additional Authorities Invested in a Compact State’s Psychology Regulatory Authority. (a) In addition to any other powers granted under state law, a Compact State’s Psychology Regulatory Authority shall have the authority under this Compact to: (1) Issue subpoenas, for both heari…

Coordinated Licensure Information System. (a) The Commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of Coordinated Licensure Information System (Coordinated Database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on all psychologists ind…

Establishment of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission. (a) The Compact States hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission. (1) The Commission is a body politic and an instrumentality of the Comp…

Definitions. For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: (a) Barber Shops and Beauty Parlors means all establishments where services are provided for: (1) noninvasive topical treatment of the face, hair, fingers, toes, scalp, or neck; (2…

Rulemaking. (a) The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this Article and the Rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (b) If a majority of the legislat…

Oversight, Dispute Resolution and Enforcement. (a) Oversight (1)The Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of state government in each Compact State shall enforce this Compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact's purposes and intent. Th…

Date of Implementation of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission and Associated Rules, Withdrawal, and Amendments. (a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact is enacted into law in the seventh Compact State. The provisions which become …

Sanitary Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or open the following business without a valid and current sanitary permit for such establishment or activity: (a) Funeral establishments, crematoriums and cemeteries; (b) Any establishment or activity involving foo…

Regulations. (a) The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as required relative to the activities and/or physical premises for the sanitary operations of: (1) Funeral establishments, crematoriums and cemeteries; (2) Any establishment or activity involving food or drink…

Form and Charges for Permit and Annual Renewal. The Secretary shall prescribe the form of the permit. All sanitary permits issued under this Act and regulations promulgated there under shall terminate and be renewable annually on the anniversary of the date of application. No ref…

Fees. (a) The Secretary, through the promulgation of regulations, shall establish the fees for the issuance of sanitary permits, the duplication of sanitary permits, inspections, compliance education and consultation, and other activities provided for under this Act. (b) All fees…

Transfer of Permit Forbidden. It shall be unlawful to transfer a permit to another person or to another location or to post it on or use it in any way in connection with any other premises other than that for which it was issued. Source: Repealed and replaced by PL 12-48, § 3 (21…

Inspection. (a) Pre-operation Inspections. Before a sanitary permit is issued, a Health Inspector shall conduct one or more pre-operation inspections to verify that: (1) the applicant has been issued a business license by the Department of Commerce to conduct the particular busin…