Section 410IAC3-1-1. Testing

   (a) All school corporations shall conduct an annual screening test of the visual acuity of all children enrolled in or transferred to grades 3 and 8 and all other school children suspected of having a visual defect.

  (b) Equipment for testing visual acuity shall consist of the following:

(1) The minimum equipment to be used shall be a Snellen Chart illuminated by two (2) sixty (60) watt bulbs.

(2) The Snellen E Chart shall be used for grade 3.

(3) The Snellen Alphabetical Chart shall be used for grade 8.

(4) The use of testing equipment equivalent to or more elaborate than the Snellen test is at the discretion of the local school system and shall be based on the recommendations of the school's professional health advisory sources.

(Indiana State Department of Health; Reg MCH 1,A; filed Mar 21, 1960: Rules and Regs. 1961, p. 217; filed May 11, 1988, 4:30 pm: 11 IR 3539; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Sep 11, 2013, 3:19 p.m.: 20131009-IR-410130346RFA)