Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8821 – Newborn Hearing Program established
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8821
- children: means persons who are not related by blood or marriage to, or who have not been legally adopted by, the licensee or administrator of any facility, defined in section 8101, 8201 or 8301?A, that provides services to these children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7701
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- Hearing loss: means a hearing loss of 30 decibels or more in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
- treatment: includes , but is not limited to, audiological, medical or early educational services that provide a choice of methods of communication in a variety of sensory modalities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
There is established within the department the Newborn Hearing Program, referred to in this chapter as the “program,” to enable children and their families and caregivers to obtain information regarding hearing screening and evaluation and to learn about treatment and intervention services at the earliest opportunity in order to prevent or mitigate developmental delays and academic failures associated with undetected hearing loss. The obligations of the department regarding this program begin when funding is available to the department to implement the program. [PL 1999, c. 647, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 647, §2 (NEW).