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ENACTED and SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Three
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Chapter 181
AN ACT RELATIVE TO EYE EXAMINATIONS FOR CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority off the same, as follows:
The first paragraph of section 57 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as
appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after
the penultimate sentence the following 2 sentences:- Upon entering kindergarten
or within 30 days of the start of the school year, the parent or guardian of
each child shall present to school health personnel certification that the
child within the previous 12 months has passed a vision screening conducted by
personnel approved by the department of public health and trained in vision
screening techniques to be developed by the department of public health in
consultation with the department of education. For children who fail to pass
the vision screening and for children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental delay,
proof of a comprehensive eye examination performed by a licensed optometrist or
ophthalmologist chosen by the child's parent or guardian indicating any
pertinent diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, recommendation and evidence of
follow-up treatment, if necessary, shall be provided.
House of Representatives, July 6, 2004.
Passed to be enacted, (Thomas M. Finneran), Speaker.
In Senate, July 7, 2004.
Passed to be enacted, (Joan M. Menard), President.
July 15, 2004.
Approved,
at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes, P.M.
(Mitt Romney)
Governor.
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