Section 8-311 - Penalties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-311. Penalties.
 

(a)  Penalty for violation of § 8-302.- Any person who has a deaf or blind child under his control and who violates any provision of § 8-302 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 or blind child to absent himself from school.- Any person who induces or attempts to induce a deaf or blind child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or who employs or harbors a deaf or blind 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, he shall have the child examined by two physicians to determine whether the child is unable to progress satisfactorily on account of his hearing or sight 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 or sight 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 77, §§ 105, 106; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; 1996, ch. 10, § 16.]