WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 367

medical care facility who receives the patient, the chief medical examiner or the chief
medical examiner's designee shall notify the law enforcement officer and the officer's
employer or employer's designee of the officer's possible exposure to the contagious
disease or virus.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 367
(House Bill 639)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Review of Educational Placements of Students with Disabilities

FOR the purpose of clarifying the role of the Office of Administrative Hearings in the
review of decisions concerning the educational placement of students with
disabilities; making certain conforming and technical changes; and generally
relating to the review of educational placements of students with disabilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 8-415

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

8-415.

(a) (1) If a county board makes a placement decision for a [handicapped child]
STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES, the parent or guardian of the [handicapped child]
STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES may make a written request to the county board for a
review of the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of the child or the
provision of a free appropriate public education for the child.

(2) Within 45 days after it receives a request for review, the county board,
pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), shall appoint:

(i) A hearing officer, knowledgeable in the fields and areas significant
to the educational review of the [handicapped child] STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES, to
hear the case and make a decision; or

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