Where to Get Form 3300 Filled Out in Georgia: Providers and Costs

In Georgia, the two easiest places to get Form 3300 filled out are your county health department and a licensed physician’s office, such as your child’s pediatrician. Both can complete all four screenings — vision, hearing, dental, and nutrition — in a single visit.¹ If you’d rather split the screenings among specialists, Georgia rules allow that too, and several other licensed providers are authorized to sign specific sections.

Who Can Sign Each Section

You don’t have to use one provider for the whole form. Here is who Georgia authorizes for each screening:¹

Vision: a Georgia-licensed physician or optometrist, or a trained Prevent Blindness Georgia employee.
Hearing: a Georgia-licensed physician, audiologist, speech-language pathologist, or a school registered nurse.
Dental: a Georgia-licensed physician, dentist, dental hygienist, or a school registered nurse.
Nutrition: a Georgia-licensed physician, dietitian, or a school registered nurse.

A school registered nurse can handle three of the four sections, but not vision. Vision has to be signed by a physician, optometrist, or Prevent Blindness Georgia screener.

County Health Departments

Your local county health department is usually the cheapest and most direct option. Staff can complete all four sections of Form 3300 at one appointment.² Fees vary by county but generally run around $50.³ Uninsured children may qualify for discounted rates.

Some counties also run free screening events during the summer before school starts.⁴ Call your local office in May or June to ask whether anything is scheduled.

Pediatricians and Family Doctors

Your child’s regular doctor can complete all four sections at a well-child visit. If a checkup is already on the calendar, bring Form 3300 with you and ask the provider to fill it out while you’re there. Costs at private offices depend on your insurance and the practice, so confirm when you schedule.

You can also mix providers. A common setup: the pediatrician signs vision, hearing, and nutrition during a physical, and the family’s regular dentist signs the dental section at a separate visit.

Specialists for Individual Sections

If one section is holding you up, you can go straight to the right specialist:

An optometrist for vision.
An audiologist or speech-language pathologist for hearing.
A dentist or dental hygienist for dental.
A licensed dietitian for nutrition.

Each provider signs only their section, so bring the same copy of the form to each appointment.

School-Based Screening Events

Some Georgia school districts host screening events staffed by school nurses or community health partners. These can cover hearing, dental, and nutrition, but not vision. Ask your child’s school office whether any on-site screenings are planned before or soon after enrollment.

What It Costs and What Insurance Covers

Many families pay little or nothing out of pocket. Most private health plans cover pediatric preventive services as part of a routine well-child visit, so the Form 3300 screenings may be included; call your insurer to confirm.

Children on PeachCare for Kids have coverage for preventive care, vision screenings, and routine dental services with no copayment.⁵ Children on Medicaid are covered through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, which includes medical, vision, hearing, and dental screenings, plus follow-up treatment if something is found.

For uninsured families, the county health department is almost always the lowest-cost route.

Getting the Form and Preparing for the Visit

You can download the current Form 3300 from the Georgia Department of Public Health website.⁶ Many health departments and doctors’ offices also keep copies at the front desk, so ask when you book.

Fill out the parent section at the top before the appointment: child’s full legal name, date of birth and gender, home address with county, parent or guardian name, and your phone numbers.⁷ You don’t need a Social Security number; the school fills in its own section after you turn the form in.

How Soon You Need It Done

Schools expect Form 3300 at enrollment, but they may grant an extension of up to 90 days if you need time to get appointments.² For Georgia’s Pre-K program, the form must be on file within 90 calendar days of the child’s start date.⁸ If you miss the deadline, your child can be kept out of school or Pre-K until the paperwork is in. Appointments at busy clinics fill up fast in late summer, so book as early as you can.

One more thing worth checking: if your child already has Form 3300 on file at a previous Georgia public school and is transferring within the state, the old school is required to forward it to the new one, so you shouldn’t need a fresh screening.⁷

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Georgia Secretary of State. Subject 511-5-6 Vision, Hearing, Dental, and Nutrition Screening of Children Entering Public Schools
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Georgia.gov. Get Required Health Records to Attend School
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Henry County Schools. Health Department Immunizations and Health Screenings Fee Schedule
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Georgia Coastal Health District. Chatham Co. Health Dept. to Hold Free Eye, Ear, Dental, and Nutrition Screening for School Students
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Georgia Department of Community Health. Program Benefits and Cost
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Georgia Department of Public Health. School Health
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Georgia Department of Public Health. Certificate of Vision, Hearing, Dental, and Nutrition Screening Form 3300
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Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. Enrolling in Georgia’s Pre-K Program