{"id":1045,"date":"2025-07-02T12:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/?page_id=1045"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:19:19","slug":"level-of-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/level-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Level of Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1045\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1045-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1045-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1045-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_nav_menu panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"dashboard-navigation-menu panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1045-0-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Dashboard Navigation Menu<\/h3><div class=\"menu-school-health-data-dashboards-container\"><ul id=\"menu-school-health-data-dashboards\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1030\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page first-menu-item menu-item-1030\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1040\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1040\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/demographics\/\">Demographics<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1052\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1052\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/school-programs\/\">School Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1051\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1051\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/chronic-conditions\/\">Chronic Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1050\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1050\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/level-of-care\/\">Level of Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1049\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1049\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/office-encounters\/\">Office Encounters<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1085\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page last-menu-item menu-item-1085\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/school-age-health-and-forms\/school-health-data-dashboards\/medications\/\">Medications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1045-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Qualifying school health staff are crucial for developing, implementing, and sustaining comprehensive health programs within schools. The reported data provides regional awareness and valuable insights into students' needs, the capabilities of the school division's workforce, and the availability of school health staff for individualized care. Schools track the number of students who require specialized procedures during school hours. This information can be leveraged to identify medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare services gaps for students, families, and the wider school community.<\/p>\n<p>The data is self-reported by the school division. 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LPNs are supervised and report directly to licensed Registered Nurses, Physicians, and Nurse Practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) or Health Aide<\/b>:<br \/>\nAn unlicensed paraprofessional trained to provide care to individuals. UAPs are restricted in their scope of responsibilities and perform duties assigned under the direct supervision of a registered nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Paraprofessionals:<\/strong><br \/>\nAlso known as paraeducators, special education paraprofessionals, teaching assistants, instructional assistants, or edtech, are appropriately trained employees who assist and are supervised by qualified professional staff. In a school, UAP may be paraprofessionals, classroom assistants, administrators, teachers, bus monitors or drivers, playground attendants, office staff or health aides.<\/p>\n<p><b>Registered Nurse (RN)<\/b><b>:<br \/>\n<\/b>A healthcare professional responsible for components of a school health program for a school population as defined by the school division.<\/p>\n<p><b>Full-time School Health Personnel:<\/b><br \/>\nPersonnel employed by or contracted by the local school division to provide school health services. To be considered full-time, employees must work 30+ hours a week while school is in session.<\/p>\n<p><b>Part-time School Health Personnel:<\/b><br \/>\nPersonnel employed by or contracted by the local school division to provide school health services. 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