Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-13-105

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 26, June 28, 2024

Section R9-13-105 - [Effective until 7/7/2024] Notification; Follow-up

A. An administrator shall provide a notification to parents of students identified in Table 13.1 that includes:

1. The information for hearing screening to be conducted during the school year, and

2. A reference to A.R.S. § 36-899.04 and information about the parent's right to object to their student receiving a hearing screening by submitting the document specified in R9-13-102(C) to the administrator.

B. If an administrator excludes a student from a hearing screening specified in R9-13-102(B)(3), the administrator shall provide a notification to the student's parent that:

1. Informs the parent, whose student wears a device listed in subsection (3)(a) through (c), that the student shall not receive a hearing screening;

2. Recommends the parent schedule an audiological evaluation for the student with a specialist;

3. Requests the parent in subsection (2) provide the administrator a copy of a specialist's audiological report dated within the past 12 months for the student's:

a. Hearing aid,

b. Assistive listening device, or

c. Other amplification device;

4. Informs a parent, who chooses for their student to not wear a device listed in subsection (3)(a) through (c), that the student shall receive a hearing screening unless the administrator receives documentation specified in R9-13-102(C) stating that the parent does not want their student to have a hearing screening; and

5. Informs a parent that a student may receive a hearing screening if an administrator does not have:

a. Documentation of an audiological report in subsection (3), or

b. Documentation specified in R9-13-102(C) stating that the parent does not want their student to have a hearing screening.

C. Except for a student in subsection (2)(a), within 10 school days after an initial hearing screening in subsection (A) has been completed, an administrator shall provide notification to a student's parent that includes:

1. The student's name; and

2. The reason why the student did not receive a hearing screening due to:

a. A visual condition of the outer ear specified in R9-13-103(C)(2), or

b. A behavioral condition specified in R9-13-103(E)(1).

D. Except for a student's second hearing screening in subsection (3)(b), within 10 school days after a student receives a second hearing screening specified in R9-13-104(C), an administrator shall provide notification to a student's parent that includes:

1. The student's name;

2. The type of hearing screening the student received, if received; and

3. The hearing screening results whether the student:

a. Did not pass; or

b. Was not screened due to:

i. A visual condition of the outer ear specified in R9-13-103(C)(2), or

ii. A behavioral condition specified in R9-13-103(E)(1).

E. If a student in subsections (C) or (D) has an audiological evaluation on file at the school that is dated within the past 12 months, the student will not receive a hearing screening.

F. If a student did not receive a hearing screening due to a reason identified in subsections (C)(2)(a), (D)(3)(a), or (D)(3)(b)(i), an administrator shall provide an immediate notification to the student's parent that includes:

1. The student's name;

2. The reason for the immediate notification;

3. A request that the parent contact a specialist to:

a. Examine the student's ears;

b. Perform an audiological evaluation; and

c. If the student uses any of the following, perform an:

i. Electroacoustic analysis of a hearing aid, an assistive listening device, or other amplification device; or

ii. Evaluation of a cochlear implant; and

4. A request that the parent provide to the administrator documentation received from the specialist who examined the student that includes:

a. The student's name;

b. The name of the specialist;

c. The date the specialist performed the services;

d. The type of services provided; and

e. If applicable:

i. The results of the examination of the student's ears,

ii. The results of the student's audiological evaluation, including diagnosis,

iii. Whether there is hearing loss, including the type and degree of hearing loss,

iv. The type of audiological equipment used to perform the audiological evaluation; and

v. A recommendation for treatment.

G. Forty-five calendar days after sending a notification specified in subsection (F)(4), an administrator shall provide a follow-up notification to the student's parent to verify whether the student received an audiological evaluation and if evaluated, provide diagnosis.

H. Within 10 school days after an administrator receives documentation from a specialist of a diagnosis that a student is deaf or hard of hearing, the administrator shall provide notification of the diagnosis, consistent with the privacy requirements in applicable law, to:

1. Each of the student's teachers,

2. Other school personnel who interacts with the student, and

3. The persons responsible for determining the student's eligibility for special education services under A.A.C. R7-2-401.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-13-105

Adopted effective February 18, 1986 (Supp. 86-1). Amended effective October 15, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3307, effective July 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1827, effective 7/2/2019.