Maryland Health - General Section 10-910

      (a)      There is an advisory committee for the program.

      (b)      (1)      The advisory committee consists of 13 members appointed by the Secretary.

            (2)      Of the 13 members:

                  (i)      3 shall be members of the Maryland Association of the Deaf;

                  (ii)      2 shall be mental health practitioners who are hearing impaired individuals;

                  (iii)      2 shall be mental health practitioners who are not hearing impaired individuals;

                  (iv)      2 shall be individuals in the field of deaf education;

                  (v)      1 shall be a parent of a hearing impaired individual;

                  (vi)      1 shall be from the Maryland Association for Hearing Impaired Children; and

                  (vii)      2 shall be public members who represent the community at large.

            (3)      The Secretary shall appoint the advisory committee from recommendations made by:

                  (i)      The Maryland Association of the Deaf;

                  (ii)      The National Association of the Deaf;

                  (iii)      The International Association of Parents of the Deaf;

                  (iv)      The Maryland School for the Deaf;

                  (v)      The Alexander Graham Bell Association of the Deaf;

                  (vi)      The Maryland Regional Council of Child Psychiatry;

                  (vii)      The Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers;

                  (viii)      The Maryland Psychological Association; and

                  (ix)      The State Department of Education.

      (c)      The advisory committee shall:

            (1)      Be consulted about the administration of the program; and

            (2)      Link the program to the community of hearing impaired individuals.

      (d)      The advisory committee shall meet at the times and places that it determines.