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(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 MHO
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 EYE, EAR,
OR THROAT 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.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §§ 105 and 106.

In this section, the present references to
"Baltimore City" and the "Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore City" are deleted in light of the
definition of "county" in §1-101 of this article.

The only other changes are in style.

SUBTITLE 4. HANDICAPPED CHILDBEN.

8-401. "SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES" DEFINED; DOMICILE OF
CHILD.

(A) "SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES" DEFINED.

IN THIS SUBTITLE, "SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES" MEANS
THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT ALL
CHILDREN WITH HANDICAPS THAT IMPEDE THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN
ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEACH APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF
KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING SKILLS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR
POTENTIAL AND INCLUDES THE FULL RANGE OF THESE SERVICES,
INCLUDING SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS
ANCILLARY TO EDUCATION, AND TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER PROVIDED
AS PART OF OR IN ADDITION TO REGULAR CLASSROOM PLACEMENT OR
IN SEPARATE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CLASSES OR FACILITIES.