§ 49.17 Medical Records.
RCNY § 49.17
The school physician or nurse shall keep a current cumulative medical record for each child. The record shall contain the following: the information required by 24 RCNY Health Code § 45.19; all defects and data disclosed by the medical examination given pursuant to 24 RCNY Health Code § 49.05(a) and by all subsequent examinations; and a history of all illnesses, accidents and other health data. The record shall be the property of the Department but shall be kept in the custody of the school. When a child is transferred to another school in the City, whether elementary school, junior high school or high school, his medical record shall be forwarded to his new school. When a child is transferred to a school outside the City, his medical record shall be forwarded to his new school, if known, to the attention of the physician in charge of the school health service. When a child is admitted to a college, junior college, university or other school of higher education, his school health record shall be forwarded, upon receipt of the written request or consent of such child's parents or guardian, to the physician in charge of the health service of such school of higher education. A medical record which is not required to be forwarded to another school pursuant to this section shall be kept for at least five years after the child to whom the record relates leaves the school.
