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The school nurse can serve a variety of functions, from administering first aid to taking temperature to … pregnancy testing?
Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester public school district will begin providing STD and pregnancy testing to requesting students.

Starting this fall, the health centers in New York’s Port Chester public school district — including Port Chester elementary, middle and high schools — will begin providing STD and pregnancy testing to requesting students.

Any student who tests positive for infection or pregnancy can be referred to a nearby off-campus treatment facility.

The proposal was tabled by Open Door Family Medical Centers, which provides the district’s schools with federally funded clinics staffed with nurse practitioners, and the school board passed it last month.