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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1012" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not prohibit summary punishment by higher–ranking correctional officers as designated by the managing official.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Summary punishment may be imposed for minor violations of correctional facility rules and regulations if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the correctional officer waives the hearing provided under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the correctional officer accepts the punishment imposed by the highest–ranking correctional officer, or individual acting in that capacity, of the unit to which the correctional officer is attached.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Summary punishment imposed under this subsection may not exceed suspension of 3 days without pay or a fine of $150.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a correctional officer is offered summary punishment in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and refuses:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the managing official may convene a hearing board of one or more members; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the hearing board has only the authority to recommend the sanctions provided in this section for summary punishment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a single member hearing board is convened:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the member need not be of the same rank as the correctional officer; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>all other provisions of this subtitle apply.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
