Sec. 10-209. Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools.

(a) No record of any medical examination made or filed under the provisions of sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214, psychological examination made under the supervision or at the request of a board of education, or oral health assessment conducted under section 10-206d shall be open to public inspection.

(b) Each health care provider, as defined in section 19a-7h, who has provided immunizations pursuant to section 10-204a, each health care provider as described in section 10-206 who has provided health assessments pursuant to section 10-206 and each dentist, dental hygienist, legally qualified practitioner of medicine, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who has provided an oral health assessment pursuant to section 10-206d, to a child who is seeking to enroll in a public school in this state shall provide reports of such immunizations, health assessments and oral health assessments to the designated representative of the local or regional school district governing the school in which the child seeks to enroll. Such health care providers shall also report the results of health assessments required pursuant to section 10-206 and report on immunizations provided pursuant to section 10-204a to such representative for each child enrolled in such public school. Such dentists, dental hygienists, legally qualified practitioners of medicine, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses shall also report the results of oral health assessments performed under section 10-206d to such representative for each child enrolled in such public school. Each local and regional board of education shall annually designate a representative to receive such reports from health care providers.

(1949 Rev., S. 1470; 1963, P.A. 545; P.A. 80-440, S. 8, 10; P.A. 03-211, S. 9; P.A. 18-168, S. 81.)

History: 1963 act added psychological examinations; P.A. 80-440 substituted “sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214” for “sections 10-205 to 10-207, inclusive”; P.A. 03-211 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re provision of reports to schools, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to oral health assessments, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to dentists, dental hygienists, legally qualified practitioners of medicine, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who provided oral health assessment, and adding provision re reporting results of such assessment, effective July 1, 2018.