410 Ind. Admin. Code 3-1.1-2

Current through November 6, 2024

Section 410 IAC 3-1.1-2 - Visual acuity

Authority: IC 20-34-3-12

Affected: IC 20-34-3-12

Sec. 2.

To test for visual acuity, the school corporation shall use the Snellen Alphabetical, Stycar (HOTV) Chart or equivalent test. The chart shall be calibrated at ten (10) to twenty (20) feet for distance vision and fourteen (14) inches for near vision. For testing distance vision, the chart shall be illuminated by two (2) sixty (60) watt bulbs and for near vision, by one (1) sixty (60) watt bulb. The chart shall be located at a distance of ten (10) to twenty (20) feet from the student and calibrated accordingly. Lamps shall be placed one (1) foot from the chart. The school shall recommend for further examination those students who:

(1) are unable to read the 20/40 line with either eye;

(2) with one (1) eye can read a line that is two (2) or more lines higher or lower on the chart than the line that can be read with the other eye; or

(3) are unable to read the 20/30 line at 14 inches using both eyes.

410 IAC 3-1.1-2

Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 3-1.1-2; filed May 11, 1988, 4:30 pm: 11 IR 3540; 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