(a) A child is program eligible with a significant developmental delay documented by a score on the initial CMDE performed within the past six (6) months that indicates a delay of twenty-five percent (25%) of the child’s chronological age or greater in any one (1) of the five (5) developmental domains:

1. (1) Physical;
2. (2) Cognitive;
3. (3) Communication;
4. (4) Social or emotional; and
5. (5) Adaptive or self-help.

(b)

1. (1) The evaluator must follow the instrument’s protocol for scoring.
2. (2) If the developmental evaluation scoring results do not yield a whole number, then the evaluator should round up to the next whole number for any score ending in five-tenths (0.5) or higher, and round down to the next whole number for any score ending in four-tenths (0.4) or lower.
3. (3) The evaluator must convert scoring results to a percentage of chronological age delay.

4. (4)

   1. (A) The evaluator must adjust scoring for prematurity on any developmental evaluation administered to a child under eighteen (18) months of age who was born premature.
   2. (B) When an adjustment for prematurity is required, the evaluator must use age-appropriate standardized developmental evaluation instruments that are still valid when adjusted for prematurity.