# Education (GED)

## Title 7. Public Schools

### Subtitle 4. Health and Safety of Students

#### Section 7-427

(a) The Department, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, shall provide awareness and training for Directors of Student Services in local education agencies on self-mutilation, including injury by cutting.

(b) The Maryland Department of Health 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.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)