C. Health Appraisal.

(3) Screening of students shall be carried out according to mandated or recommended screening programs established by the Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health. These shall include:

• (a) Hearing and Vision Screening Tests. The local board of education or local health department shall provide and fund hearing and vision screenings for all students in the public schools. The local health department shall provide and fund hearing and vision screenings for all students in any private school that has received a certificate of approval under Education Article, § 2-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, and students in any nonpublic educational facility in this State approved as a special education facility by the Department.
• (b) Unless evidence is presented that a student has been tested within the past year, these hearing and vision screenings shall be given in the years that a student enters a school system, enters the first grade, and enters the eighth, or ninth grade. Additional screenings may be required under the policies adopted by the local board of education or local health department.
• (c) The results of the hearing and vision screenings shall be made a part of the permanent record file of each student and given to the parents of any student who fails the screenings and reported to the local board of education or the local health department. If a student fails the screenings, the parent/guardian shall report on the recommended services received by the student to the local board of education or local health department on an approved form.

(a)(1) Each county board or county health department shall provide hearing and vision screenings for all students in the public schools. . .

(b)(1) Unless evidence is presented that a student has been tested by an optometrist or ophthalmologist within the past year, the screenings required under subsection (a) of this section shall be given in the year that a student enters a school system, enters the first grade, and enters the eighth or ninth grade.

• (2) Further screening shall be done in accordance with:

• (i) The bylaws adopted by the State Board; or

• (ii) Policies adopted by a county board or a county health department.