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2017 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 8 - Special Programs for Exceptional Children
Subtitle 3A - Education of Deaf Children.
§ 8-3A-11. Penalties.
Universal Citation: MD Educ Code § 8-3A-11 (2017)
- (a) Penalty for violation of § 8-3A-02. -- Any person who has a deaf child under the person's control and who violates any provision of § 8-3A-02 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 5 for each offense.
- (b) Penalty for unlawfully inducing deaf child to be absent from school. -- Any person who induces or attempts to induce a deaf child to be absent unlawfully from school, or who employs or harbors a deaf child who is absent unlawfully from school, while the school is in session, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 50 for each offense.
- (c) State's Attorney to enforce section. --
- (1) Before a State's Attorney enforces this section, the State's Attorney shall have the child examined by two physicians to determine whether the child is unable to progress satisfactorily on account of the child's hearing impairment or from some other cause.
- (2) One of the physicians shall be an appropriate specialist.
- (3) If the examination by the physicians indicates that the failure to progress satisfactorily in school is due to a hearing impairment, the State's Attorney shall enforce the provisions of this section.
- (4) These medical examinations shall be paid for by the county in which the child who is examined resides.
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