Section 1200-11-05-.03 - DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES(1) To "give priority in the assignment of school nurses to those health departments or local education agencies which serve counties that are plagued by problems of poverty, unemployment and underemployment and are medically undeserved to the greatest degree" the following process shall be used: (a) Six criteria shall be considered for each county in the state:1. poverty rate under age 182. physician-to-population ratio3. teenage pregnancy rate5. annual unemployment rate(b) For each criterion the counties shall be ranked from 1 to 95 based upon the rate or ratio.(c) Counties shall then be grouped into five groups of 19 each.(d) The 19 counties with the highest ratios or rates shall be assigned a score of 5 points descending to the 19 counties with the lowest rates or ratios which will be assigned 1 point. The largest possible point total is 30, the lowest is 6.(e) Those counties with the highest scores shall receive first consideration for priority assignment of future additional resources.(2) Currently participating LEAs as well as LEAs that are considered for participation in the program in the future shall be asked to enter into a written letter of agreement with the program. This agreement will specify the roles and responsibilities of each party. The agreement shall be signed by the chairman of the school board and the superintendent of schools on behalf of the LEA and by the program's executive director and the Commissioner of the Department.(3) The program is only responsible for delivering services in those LEAs that have entered into a written agreement.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-11-05-.03
Original rule filed July 28, 1989; effective September 11, 1989.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-1-103 and 68-1-12-01 through 68-1-1206.