(a)

1. (1) “Related services”:

   1. (A) Means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education; and
   2. (B) Includes:

(i) Speech-language pathology and audiology services;

1. (ii) Interpreting services;

   1. (iii) Psychological services;

      1. (iv) Physical and occupational therapy;
      2. (v) Recreation, including therapeutic recreation;
      3. (vi) Early identification and assessment of disabilities in children;
      4. (vii) Counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling;
      5. (viii) Orientation and mobility services; and
      6. (ix) Medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes.
2. (2) The term also includes school health services, school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training.
3. (3) The specific services listed above are defined in 34 C.F.R. § 300.34 (Related services).

(b) Exception — Services that apply to children with surgically implanted devices, including cochlear implants.

1. (1) Related services do not include:

   1. (A) A medical device that is surgically implanted;
   2. (B) The optimization of that device’s functioning (e.g., mapping);
   3. (C) Maintenance of that device; or
   4. (D) The replacement of that device.

2. (2) Nothing in subdivision (b)(1) of this section:

   1. (A) Limits the right of a child with a surgically implanted device (e.g., cochlear implant) to receive related services (as listed in 6 CAR § 130-259) that are determined by the IEP team to be necessary for the child to receive FAPE;
   2. (B) Limits the responsibility of a public agency to appropriately monitor and maintain medical devices that are needed to maintain the health and safety of the child, including breathing, nutrition, or operation of other bodily functions, while the child is transported to and from school or is at school; or
   3. (C) Prevents the routine checking of an external component of a surgically implanted device to make sure it is functioning properly, as required in 34 C.F.R. § 300.113(b).