Hong Kong Regulations

EDUCATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 52

Medical examination of pupils

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The principal of a school shall at the request of a medical officer of
schools or a school nurse permit the medical officer or nurse to examine the
person and clothing of any pupil upon the school premises.

(2) If on such examination a medical officer of schools is of the opinion that
the person or clothing of any pupil is infected with vermin or is in a foul or
filthy condition, he may require the responsible person to exclude such pupil
from the school forthwith until such time as the person and clothing of the
pupil have been cleansed to the satisfaction of a medical officer of schools.
(L.N. 95 of 1993; 27 of 2004 s. 71)