- (a) The closing date for submitting proofs to the admitting officer of the preschool or school that children who are first-time entrants into a preschool or school have had vision and hearing screening tests shall be no later than 120 calendar days after first enrollment of the child into the preschool or school or the second week of the second semester after first enrollment, whichever is the longest or applicable to the circumstances of the facility.
- (b) The closing date for submitting proofs to the admitting officer of the preschool or school that children mandated for vision and hearing screening, other than first-time entrants into a school, have had vision and hearing screening tests shall be no later than June 30 of each reporting year.
(c) Each preschool or school shall submit to the department an annual report on the screening status of the individuals in attendance during the reporting year.
- (1) The results of required professional examinations and/or screening tests shall be reported annually by the governing body of each preschool and school, under the signature of the superintendent or chief administrator of the preschool or school, as specified on a form(s) which is (are) approved by the department.
- (2) All screening and referral results shall be reported on standard forms for vision and for hearing; those forms shall be developed and revised as deemed necessary by the department.
- (3) The annual reports of all vision and hearing screening activities shall be submitted to the department by June 30 of each year.
- (d) Reports of failures among the populations which are required to be screened in a Texas preschool or school shall be submitted to the department upon request. This submission shall be on a form(s) which is (are) approved by the department.
Source Note:The provisions of this §37.26 adopted to be effective March 14, 1978, 9 TexReg 1262; amended to be effective February 28, 1986, 11 TexReg 847.