Thought CA mamas might want to know what I just got sent home from my DD's school. There is a dental exam "requirement" now to send our children to school. There is a waiver that I'll be using - not that I refuse to take her to the dentist, just that I refuse to have Big Brother looking over my shoulder making sure I'm being a good mommy. So creepy that some parents have to be babysat.
Here's the scoop:
Oral Health Assessment Education Code
Education Code Section 49452.8 pertaining to Oral Health Assessment.
Education Code Section 49452.8
(a) A pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, shall, no later than May 31 of the school year, present proof of having received an oral health assessment by a licensed dentist, or other licensed or registered dental health professional operating within his or her scope of practice, that was performed no earlier than 12 months prior to the date of the initial enrollment of the pupil.
(b) The parent or legal guardian of a pupil may be excused from complying with subdivision (a) by indicating on the form described in subdivision (d) that the oral health assessment could not be completed because of one or more of the reasons provided in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (2) of subdivision(d).
Here's the scoop:
Oral Health Assessment Education Code
Education Code Section 49452.8 pertaining to Oral Health Assessment.
Education Code Section 49452.8
(a) A pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, shall, no later than May 31 of the school year, present proof of having received an oral health assessment by a licensed dentist, or other licensed or registered dental health professional operating within his or her scope of practice, that was performed no earlier than 12 months prior to the date of the initial enrollment of the pupil.
(b) The parent or legal guardian of a pupil may be excused from complying with subdivision (a) by indicating on the form described in subdivision (d) that the oral health assessment could not be completed because of one or more of the reasons provided in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (2) of subdivision(d).
