URIS A - URIS is a joint initiative of the Departments of Families, Health, Seniors and Active Living, and Education and Training. The form allows school divisions, funded independent schools, child care facilities, respite services to apply for supports for a child attending school, child care facilities, receiving respite services who have special health care needs and require assistance when they are apart from their parents/guardians. Group A procedures are complex medical procedures which must be performed by a nurse. Children with needs classified as Group A often require support from a medical assistive device or technology that replaces or augments a vital bodily function without which the child would be at risk of further disability or death.