Outline of the state of Kansas
State
Kansas
Addressed

Category
Preventive Health Screenings in ES—Hearing

Category
Preventive Health Screenings in ES—Hearing

State law addresses hearing screening.

2017-2018 School Nurse Survey Summary

Kansas Statute(K.S.A. 72-6229) requires that students “be provided basic hearing screening without charge during the first year of admission and not less than once every three years thereafter.”

Policy Type
Non-codified

Kansas Statutes 72-6229. Free tests required; when and by whom tests performed; reports to parents.

(a) Every pupil enrolled in a school district or an accredited nonpublic school shall be provided basic hearing screening without charge during the first year of admission and not less than once every three years thereafter.

Policy Type
Statute