I have spoken to both Diana Fenton and Stephen Berwick at the DOE and they both said that there is no law or rule to support this that they are aware of. They both suggested that this would be a school based policy, not a state based policy.  While it might be necessary for highly medically involved students, it is not necessary for all students and all field trips.

My peers went to a Legal Issues seminar last year and came back saying that you are required to put on all Field Trip permission slips whether or not a nurse would be in attendance on the trip.  I can't find any in print evidence/reference that this is true. Is this required for all students/all field trips, or is this a suggestion for medically fragile students, which of course is necessary to notify a parent if a nurse is not going?! We are updating our field trip policies in my district and I want to make sure the wording is there if it is required.