What Is Problematic About the Legal Criteria Used to Determine

question 48

Multiple Choice

What is problematic about the legal criteria used to determine degrees of visual impairment,especially with regard to the development of children?

• A)No consistent federal guidelines for classifying visual impairment have been adopted.
• B)Determining impairment is based on the judgment of a family physician,and that judgment may be flawed due to lack of training or special considerations.
• C)Most insurance companies don't reimburse for corrective lenses;therefore,children and their parents are reluctant to admit to visual difficulties.
• D)The criteria pertain solely to distance vision,whereas children with visual difficulties usually engage in close-up visual tasks in the classroom.

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Definitions:

Waiver

A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege.

Statute of Limitations

A law that sets the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated.

Proximate Cause

A principle in law that denotes the primary cause of an injury, used to establish the direct link between an act and the injury suffered.

Standard of Care

The degree of prudence, attention, and caution expected of a reasonable person in a specific situation, often used as a legal benchmark.