Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Migrant Eye Screening Program (MSP)
provides eye screenings and follow-up assessment and treatment services to migrant laborers and their
families.
(b) To qualify as migrant laborers, the migrant laborer
shall:
1. Reside in New Jersey while employed;
2. Be employed in the agricultural production of food; and
3. Relocate due to employment.
(c) The Commission's responsibilities for service provision shall be:
1. To provide the personnel and equipment to perform the screening;
2. To provide testing for visual acuity and eye pathology,
including refraction, ophthalmoscopy, external examination, and tonometry, if warranted;
3. To screen a minimum of 30 persons per session; and
4. To accept as referrals for Commission for the Blind and Visually
Impaired services persons with serious sight limitations and other eye disorders.
(d) The screening site responsibilities for service provision for migrant
laborers and their families shall be:
1. To provide a quiet room, at least
10 feet long, able to be darkened, equipped with electrical outlets, two extension cords, three tables, two
chairs, and a separate waiting room with approximately 10 chairs;
2. To obtain written consent from parents of all students scheduled to be
screened and to explain that cycloplegic drops may be used;
3. To
provide personnel to assist in escorting the students to and from the screening room; and
4. To provide follow-up for those in need of further eye
treatment.
(e) The Commission's MSP coordinator shall
identify migrant children to be examined based on the following criteria:
1. Students who have never been examined by an eye doctor;
2. Students found by a school nurse to have a vision problem, or symptoms
of eye problems;
3. Students recommended for follow-up
examinations by the MSP eye doctor;
4. Students who had mild
symptoms recorded on their previous eye report; and
5. Students
who have and/or wear glasses.
(f) The MSP eye doctor's
responsibilities for service provision shall be:
1. To perform eye
screenings and write prescriptions, as appropriate;
2. To
complete the Commission's eye report form for each student examined;
3. To complete and sign a letter of notification to parents and teachers
for each student who receives eye drops; and
4. To explain
examination results and recommended follow-up to school personnel, as needed.
(g) The school nurse or liaison's responsibilities following completion of
a screening program shall be to provide follow-up services to ensure that students receive recommended
treatment.
(h) The Commission's MSP coordinator's
responsibilities following completion of a screening program shall be:
1.
To send a letter to the school nurse regarding the use of eye drops with students with the letter to be
shared by the nurse with teachers and parents;
2. To review each
eye report diagnosis and recommendation with the school nurse or liaison;
3. To leave all prescriptions with school nurse and/or liaison;
4. To inquire if any students being referred for follow-up care have
Medicaid coverage and to indicate this information on the Commission's eye report form;
5. To maintain the eye screening form inclusive of the signed consent for
CBVI files;
6. To complete a referral form for each program,
including all consumers in need of follow-up;
7. To monitor
follow-up services provided by the school nurse or liaison;
8. To
transfer to appropriate regional office staff, all MSP referrals whose eye examination data indicate
Commission eligibility; and
9. To enter, in the Commission data
system, demographic information and screening findings.
