Sec. 4. (a) On receiving a report under this chapter, the division of disability and rehabilitative services shall provide information to the visually impaired individual designated in the report concerning available state and local services. (b) For a visually impaired individual less than seventeen (17) years of age, the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired: (1) has the primary duty of initially contacting the visually impaired individual or the individual's family; and (2) shall notify the division of disability and rehabilitative services and the department of education of the school's findings. As added by P.L.104-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.6; P.L.141-2006, SEC.54.
IC 12-12-9-5 Referrals Sec. 5. This chapter does not prohibit a physician or an optometrist from making a referral to a local school corporation, an agency, the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or an agency or organization working with the blind or visually impaired. As added by P.L.104-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.7.