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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="4-311" title_number="4" title_name="Public Information Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Denials of Inspection">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a custodian shall deny inspection of a personnel record of an individual, including an application, a performance rating, or scholastic achievement information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A custodian shall allow inspection by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person in interest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an elected or appointed official who supervises the work of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an employee organization described in Title 6 of the Education Article of the portion of the personnel record that contains the individual’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>home address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>home telephone number; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>personal cell phone number.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following records are not personnel records for the purposes of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a record relating to an administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a police officer, including an internal affairs investigatory record;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a hearing record;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a record of positive community feedback that was not solicited by the police officer who is the subject of the feedback; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>records relating to a disciplinary decision.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A record of a technical infraction is a personnel record for the purposes of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
