(410 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 2337)
Sec. 7.
The Director shall appoint a Children's Hearing Services Advisory
Committee and a Children's Vision Services Advisory Committee. The membership
of each committee shall not exceed 10 individuals. In making appointments
to the Children's Hearing Services Advisory Committee, the Director shall
appoint individuals with knowledge of or experience in the problems of children with a hearing disability and shall appoint at least 2 licensed
physicians who specialize in the field of otolaryngology and are recommended by
that organization representing the largest number of physicians licensed to
practice medicine in all of its branches in the State of Illinois, and at least
2 audiologists. In making appointments to the Children's Vision
Services Advisory Committee, the Director shall appoint 2 members
(and one alternate) recommended by the Illinois Society for the Prevention of
Blindness, 2 licensed physicians (and one alternate) who
specialize in ophthalmology and are recommended by that
organization representing the largest number of physicians licensed to practice
medicine in all of its branches in the State of Illinois, and 2
licensed optometrists (and one alternate) recommended by that organization
representing the largest number of licensed optometrists in the State of
Illinois, as members of the Children's Vision Services Advisory Committee.
The Children's Hearing Services Advisory Committee shall advise the
Department in the implementation and administration of the hearing services
program and in the development of rules and regulations pertaining to that
program. The Children's Vision Services Advisory Committee shall advise the
Department in the development of rules and regulations pertaining to that
program. Each committee shall select a chairman from its membership and shall
meet at least once in each calendar year.
The members of the Advisory Committees shall receive no compensation
for their services; however, the nongovernmental members shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
in accordance with the State of Illinois travel regulations.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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