LAC 28:XLIII.113. Routine Checking of Hearing Aids and External Components of Surgically Implanted Medical Devices

A. Hearing Aids. Each public agency shall ensure that hearing aids worn in school by students are functioning properly. B. External components of surgically implanted medical devices. 1. Subject to Paragraph B.2 of this Section, each public agency shall ensure that the external components of surgically implanted medical devices are functioning properly. 2. For a student with a surgically implanted medical device who is receiving special education and related services under these regulations, a public agency is not responsible for the post-surgical maintenance, programming, or replacement of the medical device that has been surgically implanted (or of an external component of the surgically implanted medical device).