Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-4 › Subject 160-4-2 - DIVISION OF GENERAL INSTRUCTION › Rule 160-4-2-.31 - Hospital/Homebound (HHB) Services

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
DEFINITIONS.
(a)
Adult Parent Designee
- an
				individual who is at least 21 years of age and who the parent designates to be
				present during homebound instruction.
(b)
Chronic Health Condition
- a
				medical condition marked by a long duration or frequent recurrence.
(c)
Educational Service Plan (ESP)
- an individual plan for students receiving HHB service developed by the
				local school team, to include a school reentry procedure. The plan may include
				accommodations and modifications from a Section 504 plan, or Individualized
				Education Program (IEP), as applicable.
(d)
Hospital/Homebound (HHB)
				Services
- academic instruction and other services provided to eligible
				students who are confined at home or in a health care facility for periods of
				time that would prevent normal school attendance based upon certification of
				need by the licensed physician or licensed psychiatrist who is treating the
				student for the presenting diagnosis.
(e)
Instruction
- the teaching
				of standards as defined by Georgia Performance Standards (GPS), the Georgia
				Quality Core Curriculum (QCC), Section 504 plan, IEP, and any local curriculum
				for the classes in which the HHB student is enrolled and under the direction of
				the classroom teacher(s).
(f)
Intermittent HHB Service
- HHB instruction and other services for
				eligible students who have a medically diagnosed chronic health condition which
				may cause the student to be absent at least a total of 10 school days for
				intermittent periods per year or equivalent on a modified calendar or five
				school days per year on a high school block schedule.
(g)
Licensed Physician
- a
				person licensed to practice medicine under state law O.C.G.A. §
										43-34-21 and licensed by the
				appropriate state board to assess the student's physical condition for which
				the student is referred.
(h)
Licensed Psychiatrist
- a person licensed to practice medicine
				under state law O.C.G.A. §
										43-34-21 and trained to practice
				in the science of treating mental diseases to assess the student's psychiatric
				and/or emotional condition for which the student is referred.
(i)
Long-term HHB Service
- HHB
				instruction and other services for eligible students who have a medically
				diagnosed chronic health condition which may cause the student to be absent
				from school for more than nine consecutive weeks per year or equivalent on a
				modified calendar.
(j)
Online
				Learning Course
- a State Board of Education-approved course of
				instruction directly correlated to the state-approved curriculum that is
				delivered via the Internet or in any electronic medium.
(k)
School Day -
a day as
				specified by the local board of education which is the period between the time
				students are required to be present and their dismissal (160-5-1-.02 SCHOOL DAY FOR
				STUDENTS); ten school days on a regular high school schedule (six 50-minute
				classes per day) is equivalent to five school days on a high school block
				schedule.
(l)
Temporary HHB
				Service
- HHB instruction and other services for eligible students who
				have a medically diagnosed physical or psychiatric condition, which confines
				the student to home or hospital and restricts activities for nine weeks or
				less, but for a minimum of ten consecutive school days or equivalent on a
				modified calendar or a minimum of five consecutive days on a high school block
				schedule.