Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PARENT/CHILD HEALTH › Chapter 246-760 - Auditory and visual standards - School districts › AUDITORY ACUITY STANDARDS › Section 246-760-010 - Definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this
					 section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires
					 otherwise.
(1) "AAPOS" or "American
				  Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus" means the national
				  organization that advances the quality of children's eye care, supports the
				  training of pediatric ophthalmologists, supports research activities in
				  pediatric ophthalmology, and advances the care of adults with
				  strabismus.
(2) "Crowding bars"
				  means four individual lines surrounding a single optotype.
(3) "Crowding box" or "surround box" means
				  crowding bars on all four sides extended to form a crowding rectangle
				  surrounding a single line of optotypes.
(4) "Distance vision" means the ability of
				  the eye to see images clearly at a calibrated distance.
(5) "HOTV letters" means a test using the
				  letters H, O, T, and V calibrated of a certain size used to assess visual
				  acuity.
(6) "Instrument-based
				  vision screening device" means a U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved
				  instrument for vision screening that uses automated technology to provide
				  information about amblyopia and reduced-vision risk factors such as estimates
				  of refractive error and eye misalignment.
(7) "Lay person" means any individual who is
				  conducting school-based vision screening other than a school nurse, a school
				  principal or his or her designee, a licensed vision care professional, or an
				  individual trained by and conducting vision screening on behalf of a nationally
				  recognized service organization that utilizes a test-retest protocol for vision
				  screening. This includes, but is not limited to, retired nurses, nursing
				  students, parents, and school staff.
(8) "LEA vision test(s)" means a test used to
				  measure visual acuity using specific symbols or numbers, designed for those who
				  do not know how to read the letters of the alphabet.
(9) "Licensed vision care professional" means
				  a licensed ophthalmologist or licensed optometrist.
(10) "Near vision acuity" means the ability
				  of the human eye to see objects with clarity at close range, also termed near
				  point acuity or near acuity.
(11)
				  "Optotype" means figures, numbers or letters of different sizes used in testing
				  visual acuity.
(12) "Principal's
				  designee" means a public health nurse, special educator, teacher or
				  administrator designated by the school principal and responsible for
				  supervision, training, reporting and referral of vision screening in instances
				  where the school nurse or school principal is not filling this role.
(13) "School nurse" means a registered nurse
				  acting as the health professional in a school whose specialized practice and
				  attendant tasks and activities advance student health, well-being and
				  achievement; and conforms to Washington state educational and nursing laws
				  according to chapters 18.79 RCW and 246-840 WAC, and WAC
				  181-79A-223.
(14) "Sloan letters" means a test using ten
				  specially formed letters which include C, D, H, K, N, O, R, S, V and Z to
				  assess visual acuity.
(15)
				  "Test-retest protocol" means a method of screening where a screener conducts
				  two or more screenings for any student who meets the referral criteria in order
				  to ensure the reliability of the initial screening.
(16) "Visual acuity" refers to the ability of
				  the visual system to discern fine distinctions in the environment as measured
				  with printed or projected visual stimuli.