§ 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.

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