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(the Act), who shall, as soon as practicable, assist in obtaining the necessary physical examination by the county or city health department or other clinic or physician’s office and shall immediately admit the pupil to school, as required by such Act.B\n\nThe physician, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, making a report of a physical examination required by this section shall, at the end of such report, summarize the abnormal physical findings, if any, and shall specifically state what, if any, conditions are found that would identify the child as having a disability.C\n\nSuch physical examination report shall be placed in the child’s health record at the school and shall be made available for review by any employee or official of the State Department of Health or any local health department at the request of such employee or official.D\n\nSuch physical examination shall not be required of any child whose parent shall object on religious grounds and who shows no visual evidence of sickness, provided that such parent shall state in writing that, to the best of his knowledge, such child is in good health and free from any communicable or contagious disease.E\n\nThe health departments of all of the counties and cities of the Commonwealth shall conduct such physical examinations for medically indigent children without charge upon request and may provide such examinations to others on such uniform basis as such departments may establish.F\n\nParents of entering students shall complete a health information form which shall be distributed by the local school divisions. Such forms shall be developed and provided jointly by the Department of Education and Department of Health, or developed and provided by the school division and approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Such forms shall be returnable within 15 days of receipt unless reasonable extensions have been granted by the superintendent or his designee. Upon failure of the parent to complete such form within the extended time, the superintendent may send to the parent written notice of the date he intends to exclude the child from school; however, no child who is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3 shall be excluded from school for such failure to complete such form.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":298797,"text":"No pupil shall be admitted for the first time to any public kindergarten or elementary school in a school division unless such pupil shall furnish, prior to admission, (i) a report from a qualified licensed physician, or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, of a comprehensive physical examination of a scope prescribed by the State Health Commissioner performed within the 12 months prior to the date such pupil first enters such public kindergarten or elementary school or (ii) records establishing that such pupil furnished such report upon prior admission to another school or school division and providing the information contained in such report.\n\t\t\tIf the pupil is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3, and for that reason cannot furnish the report or records required by clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection, and the person seeking to enroll the pupil furnishes to the school division an affidavit so stating and also indicating that, to the best of his knowledge, such pupil is in good health and free from any communicable or contagious disease, the school division shall immediately refer the student to the local school division liaison, as described in Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) (the Act), who shall, as soon as practicable, assist in obtaining the necessary physical examination by the county or city health department or other clinic or physician’s office and shall immediately admit the pupil to school, as required by such Act.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":298798,"text":"The physician, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, making a report of a physical examination required by this section shall, at the end of such report, summarize the abnormal physical findings, if any, and shall specifically state what, if any, conditions are found that would identify the child as having a disability.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":298799,"text":"Such physical examination report shall be placed in the child’s health record at the school and shall be made available for review by any employee or official of the State Department of Health or any local health department at the request of such employee or official.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":298800,"text":"Such physical examination shall not be required of any child whose parent shall object on religious grounds and who shows no visual evidence of sickness, provided that such parent shall state in writing that, to the best of his knowledge, such child is in good health and free from any communicable or contagious disease.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":298801,"text":"The health departments of all of the counties and cities of the Commonwealth shall conduct such physical examinations for medically indigent children without charge upon request and may provide such examinations to others on such uniform basis as such departments may establish.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":298802,"text":"Parents of entering students shall complete a health information form which shall be distributed by the local school divisions. Such forms shall be developed and provided jointly by the Department of Education and Department of Health, or developed and provided by the school division and approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Such forms shall be returnable within 15 days of receipt unless reasonable extensions have been granted by the superintendent or his designee. Upon failure of the parent to complete such form within the extended time, the superintendent may send to the parent written notice of the date he intends to exclude the child from school; however, no child who is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3 shall be excluded from school for such failure to complete such form.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13512,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health Provisions","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12850,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:06","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:06","permalink":{"id":182221,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13512,"identifier":"2","token":"22.1\/14\/2","url":"\/22.1\/14\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12850,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pupils","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12823,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":182133,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12850,"identifier":"14","token":"22.1\/14","url":"\/22.1\/14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12823,"edition_id":1,"name":"Education","identifier":"22.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":180949,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12823,"identifier":"22.1","token":"22.1","url":"\/22.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":83399,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-270","catch_line":"Preschool physical examinations","url":"\/22.1-270\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-270","metadata":false},{"id":57306,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-271","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/22.1-271\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-271","metadata":false},{"id":68537,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-271.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/22.1-271.1\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-271.1","metadata":false},{"id":54801,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-271.10","catch_line":"Guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection","url":"\/22.1-271.10\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-271.10","metadata":false},{"id":68882,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-271.2","catch_line":"Immunization requirements","url":"\/22.1-271.2\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-271.2","metadata":false},{"id":80851,"structure_id":13512,"section_number":"22.1-271.3","catch_line":"Guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 761; in 1973, chapter 300; in 1974, chapter 160; in 1979, chapters 120 and 260; in 1980, chapter 559; in 1982, chapter 510; in 1983, chapter 195; in 1985, chapter 334; in 2000, chapters 209<\/a>, 617<\/a>, and 646<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 261<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 500<\/a> and 967<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 394<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 586<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 148<\/a>, 149<\/a>, and 183<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68681,"section_number":"22.1-273","catch_line":"Vision and hearing of student to be tested; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-273\/"},{"id":82468,"section_number":"22.1-273.1","catch_line":"Annual screening for scoliosis","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-273.1\/"},{"id":59686,"section_number":"22.1-3.4","catch_line":"Enrollment of certain children placed in foster care","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3.4\/"},{"id":81156,"section_number":"22.1-4.1","catch_line":"Street addresses required in certain school admission documents","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-4.1\/"},{"id":87280,"section_number":"63.2-900","catch_line":"Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-900\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81351,"section_number":"22.1-3","catch_line":"Persons to whom public schools shall be free","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83399,"identifier":"22.1-270","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-270","url":"\/22.1-270\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-270\/","token":"22.1\/14\/2\/22.1-270","dublin_core":{"Title":"Preschool physical examinations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-270","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No pupil shall be admitted for the first time to any public kindergarten or elementary<\/span> school in a school division unless such pupil shall furnish, prior to admission, (i) a report from a qualified licensed physician, or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, of a comprehensive physical examination of a scope prescribed by the State Health Commissioner performed within the 12 months prior to the date such pupil first enters such public kindergarten or elementary<\/span> school or (ii) records establishing that such pupil furnished such report upon prior admission to another school or school division and providing the information contained in such report.\n\t\t\tIf the pupil is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3<\/a>, and for that reason cannot furnish the report or records required by clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection, and the person seeking to enroll the pupil furnishes to the school division an affidavit<\/span> so stating and also indicating that, to the best of his knowledge, such pupil is in good health and free from any communicable or contagious disease, the school division shall immediately refer the student to the local school division liaison, as described in Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) (the Act), who shall, as soon as practicable, assist in obtaining the necessary physical examination by the county or city health department<\/span> or other clinic or physician’s office and shall immediately admit the pupil to school, as required by such Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The physician, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, making a report of a physical examination required by this section shall, at the end of such report, summarize the abnormal physical findings<\/span>, if any, and shall specifically state what, if any, conditions are found that would identify the child as having a disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Such physical examination report shall be placed in the child’s health record at the school and shall be made available for review by any employee or official of the State Department<\/span> of Health or any local health department<\/span> at the request of such employee or official. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Such physical examination shall not be required of any child whose parent<\/span> shall object<\/span> on religious grounds and who shows no visual evidence<\/span> of sickness, provided that such parent<\/span> shall state in writing that, to the best of his knowledge, such child is in good health and free from any communicable or contagious disease. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The health departments<\/span> of all of the counties and cities of the Commonwealth shall conduct such physical examinations for medically indigent<\/span> children without charge upon request and may provide such examinations to others on such uniform basis as such departments<\/span> may establish. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Parents<\/span><\/span> of entering students shall complete a health information form which shall be distributed by the local school divisions. Such forms shall be developed and provided jointly by the Department<\/span> of Education and Department<\/span> of Health, or developed and provided by the school division and approved by the Superintendent<\/span> of Public Instruction. Such forms shall be returnable within 15 days of receipt unless reasonable extensions have been granted by the superintendent<\/span> or his designee. Upon failure of the parent<\/span> to complete such form within the extended time, the superintendent<\/span> may send to the parent<\/span> written notice of the date he intends to exclude the child from school; however, no child who is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3<\/a> shall be excluded from school for such failure to complete such form. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESCHOOL PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS (\u00a7 22.1-270)\n\nA. No pupil shall be admitted for the first time to any public kindergarten or\nelementary school in a school division unless such pupil shall furnish, prior to\nadmission, (i) a report from a qualified licensed physician, or a licensed\nadvanced practice registered nurse or licensed physician assistant acting under\nthe supervision of a licensed physician, of a comprehensive physical examination\nof a scope prescribed by the State Health Commissioner performed within the 12\nmonths prior to the date such pupil first enters such public kindergarten or\nelementary school or (ii) records establishing that such pupil furnished such\nreport upon prior admission to another school or school division and providing\nthe information contained in such report.\n\t\t\tIf the pupil is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of\n§ 22.1-3, and for that reason cannot furnish the report or records required\nby clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection, and the person seeking to enroll the\npupil furnishes to the school division an affidavit so stating and also\nindicating that, to the best of his knowledge, such pupil is in good health and\nfree from any communicable or contagious disease, the school division shall\nimmediately refer the student to the local school division liaison, as described\nin Subtitle VII-B of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as\namended (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) (the Act), who shall, as soon as\npracticable, assist in obtaining the necessary physical examination by the\ncounty or city health department or other clinic or physician’s office and\nshall immediately admit the pupil to school, as required by such Act.\n\nB. The physician, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse or licensed\nphysician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, making\na report of a physical examination required by this section shall, at the end of\nsuch report, summarize the abnormal physical findings, if any, and shall\nspecifically state what, if any, conditions are found that would identify the\nchild as having a disability.\n\nC. Such physical examination report shall be placed in the child’s health\nrecord at the school and shall be made available for review by any employee or\nofficial of the State Department of Health or any local health department at the\nrequest of such employee or official.\n\nD. Such physical examination shall not be required of any child whose parent\nshall object on religious grounds and who shows no visual evidence of sickness,\nprovided that such parent shall state in writing that, to the best of his\nknowledge, such child is in good health and free from any communicable or\ncontagious disease.\n\nE. The health departments of all of the counties and cities of the Commonwealth\nshall conduct such physical examinations for medically indigent children without\ncharge upon request and may provide such examinations to others on such uniform\nbasis as such departments may establish.\n\nF. Parents of entering students shall complete a health information form which\nshall be distributed by the local school divisions. Such forms shall be\ndeveloped and provided jointly by the Department of Education and Department of\nHealth, or developed and provided by the school division and approved by the\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction. Such forms shall be returnable within 15\ndays of receipt unless reasonable extensions have been granted by the\nsuperintendent or his designee. Upon failure of the parent to complete such form\nwithin the extended time, the superintendent may send to the parent written\nnotice of the date he intends to exclude the child from school; however, no\nchild who is a homeless child or youth as defined in subdivision A 7 of §\n22.1-3 shall be excluded from school for such failure to complete such form.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-220.1; 1972, c. 761; 1973, c. 300; 1974, c. 160; 1979,\ncc. 120, 260; 1980, c. 559; 1982, c. 510; 1983, c. 195; 1985, c. 334; 2000, cc.\n209, 617, 646; 2001, c. 261; 2004, cc. 500, 967; 2018, c. 394; 2019, c. 586;\n2023, cc. 148, 149, 183.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}