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building, school, facility, or a program comparably to a person without the disability. In
the education context, a qualified person is any student who is eligible for enrollment in
the particular program or activity for which he or she asserts the need of an
accommodation. A qualified person with a disability is a person who has a temporary or
permanent “impairment of a major life activity,“ which is much more broadly defined
than the 13 disability categories under the IDEA, including any limitation on walking,
running, speaking, eating, breathing, etc. Section 504 may also apply to students with
temporary disabilities, such as a broken bone or an illness, as well as to persons with
more permanent disabilities, such as being wheel-chair bound.
In support of Section 504 school obligations, nurses may be involved in activities
such as conducting a health assessment of a student, counseling the teacher to bring a
student’s physical or mental issues to the attention of the sponsor/parent/guardian for
their consideration and possible referral of their dependent for medical or medically
related evaluations. Additionally, nurses may serve on and/or provide consultation to
the school’s 504 Accommodation Team to assist in determining a student’s eligibility
under Section 504 and to prescribe, if necessary, a 504 Accommodation Plan, including
the services or accommodations needed to address the student’s limitation on a major
life activity. Many of the nurse’s duties under this program are similar to duties under
the IDEA. Additional information on this program is found in DoDEA AI 2500.14.
C-11 Reference
DoDEA Regulation 2050.9, Section I, Family Advocacy Program, available at:
DoDEA Administrative Instruction 2500.14, Nondiscrimination and 504
Accommodation on the Basis of Disability in DoDEA Conducted Education
Programs and Activities. Available at:
DoD-Instruction 1342.12, Provision of Early Intervention and Special Education
Services to Eligible DoD Dependents. April 11, 20105. Available at:
Scope and Standards of Practice for School Nursing, 2nd Edition (2011). Silver
Spring, Maryland: American Nurses Association.