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As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Accredited nonpublic school” means any school, other than a public school, that is
accredited pursuant to section 256.11 for any and all levels for grades one through twelve.
2.“Area education agency” means an area education agency established pursuant to
chapter 273.
3.“Behavioral health screening” or “screening” means a screening and assessment
performed using a universal behavioral health screening and assessment tool, approved
for use by the department of education in consultation with the department of health and
human services, to identify factors that place children at higher risk for behavioral health
conditions, to determine appropriate treatment or intervention, and to identify the need for
referral for appropr
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As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Accredited nonpublic school” means any school, other than a public school, that is
accredited pursuant to section 256.11 for any and all levels for grades one through twelve.
2. “Area education agency” means an area education agency established pursuant to
chapter 273.
3. “Behavioral health screening” or “screening” means a screening and assessment
performed using a universal behavioral health screening and assessment tool, approved
for use by the department of education in consultation with the department of health and
human services, to identify factors that place children at higher risk for behavioral health
conditions, to determine appropriate treatment or intervention, and to identify the need for
referral for appropriate services.
4. “Behavioral health services” means services provided by a health care professional
operating within the scope of the health care professional’s practice which address mental,
emotional, medical, or behavioral conditions, illnesses, diseases, or problems.
5. “Health care professional” means a physician or other health care practitioner licensed,
accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care services consistent with
state law.
6. “In-person encounter” means that the mental health professional and the student are in
thephysicalpresenceofeachotherandareinthesamephysicallocationduringtheprovision
of behavioral health services.
7. “Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1.
8. “Patient” means a student receiving a behavioral health screening or other behavioral
health services in accordance with this chapter.
9. “Primarycareprovider”meansthepersonalprovidertrainedtoprovidethefirstcontact
and continuous and comprehensive care to a patient and includes but is not limited to any of
the following licensed or certified health care professionals who provide primary care:
a. A physician who is a family or general practitioner or a pediatrician.
b. An advanced registered nurse practitioner.
c. A physician assistant.
10. “Provider-patient relationship” means the relationship between the patient and
the mental health professional that meets the requirements for commencement and
establishment of a valid provider-patient relationship as specified in this chapter.
11. “Public school” means any school directly supported in whole or in part by taxation.
12. “School district” means a school district described in chapter 274.
13. “Student” means a person enrolled in and attending an accredited nonpublic school
or a public school in grades one through twelve.
14. “Telehealth” means the same as defined in section 514C.34.