Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 173 - CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Chapter 7 - SCHOOL HEALTH SCREENING, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND VISUAL EVALUATION
Section 173-7-002 - DEFINITIONS

Health Inspection: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 79-248 through 79-253 refer to health inspections conducted at school. For the purposes of these regulations, the term "health screening" shall be used synonymously and interchangeably with the phrase "health inspection."

Health Screening: Collection of individual-level basic subjective and objective data from observations and interviews. The task includes the recording and reporting of the collected data.

Health screening does include: inspection, accurate measurement, and comparison of individual measurement with an objective standard in order to identify the individual student whose parent is to be notified of the need for further evaluation.

Health screening does not include: assessment, judgment based on the knowledge base of a regulated health profession, diagnosis, evaluation, examination, investigation, interpretation, treatment, or management of any health condition.

Health screening is not a regulated act reserved for the licensed health professions.