(1) Except in the City school district of the city of New York, it shall be the duty of the trustees and boards of education to require each student enrolled in the public school to have a satisfactory health examination conducted by a duly licensed physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, upon the student's entrance in such school at any grade level and for each student entering pre-kindergarten or kindergarten and in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th grades.

(1) Health certificates. It shall be the duty of the trustees and boards of education to require that each student, within 30 days after his or her entrance into school and within 30 days after his or her entry into pre-kindergarten or kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th grades, submit to the principal or the principal's designee a health certificate that meets the requirements of this paragraph, provided that no health certificate shall be required of a student for which an accommodation for religious beliefs is made pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section.

Guidelines address preventive health screenings in schools.

The director of school health services of each school district in this state that is required to provide school health services, or the health department or agency otherwise responsible to provide such services, shall conduct screening examinations of vision, hearing, and scoliosis of all students at such times and as defined in the regulations of the commissioner, and at any time deemed necessary.