title: Decree No. 17154-E-S-TSS, 8 August 1986.
abstract: This Decree regulates the relationships between the Ministry of Public Education and the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica with respect to services provided in Centers of Education and Nutrition and Comprehensive Care Centers for Children.  Under Section 4, the Ministry of Public Education is responsible for defining educational policy and the syllabi and curricula provided in these Centers; subjects specified by the Ministry of Health, within the framework of its jurisdiction, including education for health, are to be incorporated.  Section 6 defines the functions and duties of the directors of these Centers; they are responsible for, in particular, participating in determining the skills and capacities of children admitted to establishments, with a view to accommodating them according to the care they need.  They are likewise responsible for monitoring this diagnosis, and for identifying and referring to a physician on the staff of a health center children liable to be suffering from physical or mental disorders.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002489:Central America; D002662:Child Health Services; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003364:Costa Rica; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D004493:Education; D006262:Health; D006266:Health Education; D006296:Health Services; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers; D009656:North America; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011320:Primary Health Care
keywords: Americas; Central America; Child Health Services--legal aspects; Child Nutrition--legal aspects; Costa Rica; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Education--legal aspects; Health; Health Education--legal aspects; Health Services; Latin America; Legislation; Maternal-child Health Services; North America; Nutrition; Organization And Administration; Primary Health Care