Section 7-427 - Awareness, training, and distribution of materials related to self-mutilation.
§ 7-427. Awareness, training, and distribution of materials related to self-mutilation.
(a) Awareness and training.- The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall provide awareness and training for Directors of Student Services in local education agencies on self-mutilation, including injury by cutting.
(b) Distribution of materials.- The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall provide to the Department:
(1) Resource information on self-mutilation, including injury by cutting, to be distributed to local school supervisors of health, counseling, and psychology; and
(2) Materials for distribution that describe local, State, and national resources to which students, parents, counselors, and school personnel can refer for information on self-mutilation, including injury by cutting.
[2007, ch. 450.]