Section 10-910 - Advisory committee. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-910. Advisory committee.
 

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

(b)  Composition; appointment of members.-  

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

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 71; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1983, ch. 462; 1986, ch. 789.]