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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="12-917" title_number="12" title_name="Miscellaneous Institutions and Activities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Debt Management Services Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 2 business days after receipt, a licensee shall deposit, in a trust account established for the benefit of consumers, any funds paid to the licensee by or on behalf of a consumer for disbursement to the consumer’s creditors.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A licensee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Maintain separate records of account for each consumer to whom the licensee is providing debt management services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Disburse any funds paid by or on behalf of a consumer to the consumer’s creditors within 8 business days after receipt of the funds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Correct any misdirected payments resulting from an error by the licensee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Reimburse the consumer for any actual fees or other charges imposed by a creditor as a result of the misdirection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A licensee may not commingle any trust account established for the benefit of consumers with any operating accounts of the licensee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
