The State of New Jersey provides funding for Non-Public School Nursing Services
through the Chapter 226 Nursing Services Act of 1991. This requires
that all school age children be assured equal access to appropriate health care
services for children in both Public and Non-Public Schools. The Board of Education
of a district in which a Non-Public School is located is responsible for providing
these nursing services. A Board of Education may contract other Boards of Education
or with any public or private agency approved by the Commissioner of Education for
the provision of Non-Public nursing services.
Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission provides Chapter 226 Nursing Services
in Monmouth and Ocean Counties at 86 Non-Public schools. Chapter 226 nurses are
required to be a Registered Professional Nurse. Students in grades Kindergarten
through 12th grade are eligible for the nursing services.
- Maintenance of student health records
- Maintaining immunization compliance
- Completion and distribution of the New Jersey Annual Immunization Status Report
- Completion and distribution of the Non-Public Nursing Services Report
- Vision, audiometric and scoliosis student screenings
- Implementation of the school doctor’s protocol for ill or injured students in school
- Medication treatments are given as ordered by the student’s physician
- Provision of nursing supplies
For further information on the Chapter 226 Non-Public Nursing Service, please refer
to the contact information below: