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defective sight or hearing, or from any other physical disability tending to
prevent such child from receiving the full benefit of school work, or requir-
ing a modification of such school work, in order to prevent injury to the
child, or to secure the best educational results; and the school authorities
may establish special classes for these defective children, and may employ
additional teachers for this purpose.

An. Code, sec. 66F. 1914, ch. 165.

123. Notice of the disease and defects, if any, from which any child
is found by such school physician to be suffering, shall be given to the
parent or guardian of such child with such advice relating thereto as said
physician may deem advisable, and whenever any child shows symptoms
of any contagious or infectious disease, notice shall also be given to the
health officer or Board of Health, and such child may be excluded from
attendance at such school, in accordance with the provisions of the gen-
eral statutes or the sanitary regulations in force in the town or district.
Visiting nurses may also be employed to visit the parents to assist in secur-
ing the medical attention required.

An. Code, sec. 66G. i914, ch. 165.

124. The school physicians shall be paid for the services rendered,
such amount as the school authorities of the respective Counties shall
deem proper and sufficient under the particular circumstances, and shall
pay the same from the general funds in their hands, such compensation
not to exceed $2.00 per hour actually given to examinations in the schools.

An. Code, sec. 66H. 1914, ch. 165.

125. The State Superintendent of Public Education shall prescribe,
after consultation with the State Board of Health, the directions for
tests of sight and hearing, and shall prescribe for the school authorities
of the State suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books,
and other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes of this sub-title.

An. Code, sec. 661. 1914, ch. 165.

126. No person suffering from any communicable disease shall be em-
ployed as teacher or janitor in any public school in this State. At the
opening of each annual term teachers must furnish a health certificate
from a registered physician, addressed to the Superintendent of Schools,
certifying that they are not suffering from tuberculosis or other com-
municable disease.

An. Code, sec. 66J. 1914, ch. 165.

127. The State Board of Education shall provide for pupils in the
normal schools suitable instruction and practice for testing the sight and
hearing of school children.

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