Section 56363 Of Article 4. Implementation From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
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. (a) As used in this part, the term "designated instruction
and services" means "related services" as that term is defined in
Section 1401(26) of Title 20 of the United States Code and Section
300.34 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The term
"related services" means transportation, and such developmental,
corrective, and other supportive services (including speech-language
pathology and audiology services, interpreting services,
psychological services, physical and occupational therapy,
recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services,
school nurse services designed to enable an individual with
exceptional needs to receive a free appropriate public education as
described in the individualized education program of the child,
counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling,
orientation, and mobility services, and medical services, except that
such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation
purposes only) as may be required to assist an individual with
exceptional needs to benefit from special education, and includes the
early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in
children.
(b) These services may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(1) Language and speech development and remediation. The language
and speech development and remediation services may be provided by a
speech-language pathology assistant as defined in subdivision (i) of
Section 2530.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) Audiological services.
(3) Orientation and mobility services.
(4) Instruction in the home or hospital.
(5) Adapted physical education.
(6) Physical and occupational therapy.
(7) Vision services.
(8) Specialized driver training instruction.
(9) Counseling and guidance services, including rehabilitation
counseling.
(10) Psychological services other than assessment and development
of the individualized education program.
(11) Parent counseling and training.
(12) Health and nursing services, including school nurse services
designed to enable an individual with exceptional needs to receive a
free appropriate public education as described in the individualized
education program.
(13) Social worker services.
(14) Specially designed vocational education and career
development.
(15) Recreation services.
(16) Specialized services for low-incidence disabilities, such as
readers, transcribers, and vision and hearing services.
(17) Interpreting services.
(c) The terms "designated instruction and services" and "related
services" do not include a medical device that is surgically
implanted, including cochlear implants, the optimization of the
functioning of a medical device, maintenance of that device, or the
replacement of that device, pursuant to Section 300.34(b) of Title 34
of the Code of Federal Regulations. In accordance with Section
300.34(b) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, nothing in
this subdivision shall do any of the following:
(1) Limit the right of an individual with exceptional needs with a
surgically implanted device, including a cochlear implant, to
receive related services or designated instruction and services that
are determined by the individualized education program team to be
necessary for the individual to receive a free appropriate public
education.
(2) Limit the responsibility of a local educational agency to
appropriately monitor and maintain medical devices that are needed to
maintain the health and safety of the individual, including
breathing, nutrition, or operation of other bodily functions, while
the individual is transported to and from school or is at school.
(3) Prevent the routine checking of an external component of a
surgically implanted device to make sure it is functioning properly,
as required by Section 300.113(b) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.