Definition of Other Health Impaired Major & Minor
Other Health Impaired: Limited strength, vitality or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the education environment, that is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, and sickle cell anemia and adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
A child can be identified in one of two categories: Other Health Handicapped-Major or Other Health Handicapped – Minor
Other Health Handicapped-Major: A child may be identified as “other health handicapped-major” if the child’s condition meets the definition of “other health impaired” listed elsewhere in the glossary and if either of the following: apply:
1. The child is identified as having a medical condition that is among those listed by the superintendent of public instruction as conditions where a substantial majority of cases fall within the definition of “medically fragile child.” The current list is as follows:
- When a student has a tracheotomy
- When a student has a central IV line
- When a student is on a ventilator
- When a student requires tube feedings
- When a student requires percussion and drainage
- When a student requires suctioning
- When a student is oxygen dependent
2. The child is determined by the superintendent of public instruction to be a medically fragile child after being petitioned by the district superintendent. If during the 1st week of October a student does NOT have one of the above conditions, but still has a specific serious medical circumstance (a) requiring physician services weekly, (b) requiring nursing services daily, and (c) is at risk of institutionalization, a school district superintendent may petition the superintendent of public instruction for inclusion of such student in the “other health impaired – major” category for funding purposes. Other Health Handicapped-Minor: A child may be identified as “other health handicapped-minor” if the child’s condition meets the definition of “other health impaired” listed elsewhere in the glossary but the child’s condition does not meet Other Health Handicapped-Major criteria.
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