2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 10-910 - Advisory committee

§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.