Section 34-24-26 - Report required of suspected auditory or visual impairment in child--Duplicatereports not required.
34-24-26. Report required of suspected auditory or visual impairment in child--Duplicate reports not required. Any licensed physician, audiologist, or other certified person who shall have cause to suspect severe auditory impairment in any child, or any licensed optometrist or physician, including ophthalmologists, who shall have cause to suspect severe visual impairment in any child, shall be required to provide the name and address of any such child to the State Department of Health and the parents of the child on forms to be provided by the department; however, if any licensed physician, including ophthalmologists, audiologist, optometrist, or other certified person shall have cause to believe that any child has already been reported to the department, an additional report need not be made.
Source: SL 1975, ch 224; SL 1976, ch 220.