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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-207" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Executive Director or the Director’s designee shall conduct a preliminary review of each complaint submitted to the Office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After preliminary review, if the complaint is determined to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Executive Director or the Director’s designee may dismiss the complaint without a hearing or specific findings of fact.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The order of dismissal shall be forwarded to the complainant within 60 days after the complaint was submitted to the Office.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The order of dismissal constitutes the final decision of the Secretary for purposes of judicial review.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After preliminary review, if the complaint is not found to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Office shall refer the complaint to the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing on the complaint as promptly as practicable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
