New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 30 - FAMILY AND CHILDREN HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Part 11 - VISION SCREENING TEST STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS
Section 7.30.11.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "The department" means New Mexico department of health.
B. "Student" means an individual enrolled in a New Mexico public school in one of the following grades: pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first or third.
C. "Photoscreening" means a method of vision screening with a machine with automated technique that uses red reflex of the eye to screen for eye problems and produces immediate readable results and timely report of the results thereafter.
D. "Vision pre-screening observation" means any observation listed in New Mexico vision screening standards that requires follow-up as a potential result of vision limitation.
E. "Vision screening standards" means the department's approved manner of vision screening for students in New Mexico, established pursuant to report from an advisory committee appointed by the secretary of the department.
F. "Vision screening test" means any vision test administered in accordance with vision screening standards in New Mexico schools.
G. "Vision screener" means a school nurse or the nurse's designee, a primary care health provider or a lay screener trained to administer a vision screening test to students in New Mexico schools in accordance with vision screening standards.
