Delaware Code Title 14. Education § 4123. Oral health screening

(a) For purposes of this section, “oral health screening” means the screening done by a dental hygienist or dentist.

(b) Each school district and charter school must provide an oral health screening to each student enrolled in kindergarten by the last student attendance day of each school year.

(c) The school shall record the results of the oral health screenings within the student's electronic health record.

(d) If a student fails an oral health screening, the school must notify the student's parent, guardian, or relative caregiver.

(e) The Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services must inform a parent or guardian of each student's oral health status by sending home, with the student, a copy of the dental screening results and must refer students who need a dental referral or restorative care to a dentist.

(f) The requirements of this section are contingent on the ongoing funding and implementation of the Delaware Smile Check Program under the Department of Health and Social Services or other comparable program of sufficient capacity to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students.