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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-435" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Maryland Technology Development Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A grant or loan awarded under this part is contingent on the recipient:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submitting to the Commission approval from an institutional review board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Corporation that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establishes the scope of the State’s ownership or other financial interest in the commercialization and other benefits of the results, products, inventions, and discoveries of State-funded stem cell research; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to the extent consistent with federal and State law, reflects the intellectual property policies of the institution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A recipient shall submit the approval required under subsection (a)(1) of this section within 6 months after the award of the grant or loan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Corporation may not disburse grant or loan money to a recipient until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the recipient has obtained the approval required under subsection (a)(1) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the recipient and the Corporation have entered into the memorandum of understanding required under subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
