# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 11 — Maternal and Child Health

### Chapter 02 — Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 10.11.02.01*

The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program shall provide for the universal hearing screening of newborns and early identification and follow-up of newborns and infants who have, or are at risk for developing, a permanent hearing status that affects speech-language skills. The Program shall identify newborns and infants who have a permanent hearing status that affects speech-language skills as early as possible.