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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 01.02.11.18" title_num="01" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="11" heading="Obligation on Receipt of Notice of Program Participation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An agency or person who receives notification of Program participation in accordance with State Government Article, §7-311(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall adhere to the requirements under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Written notification acceptable as a form to put an agency or a person on notice under State Government Article, §7-311(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, includes any one of the following as long as they state the requirements of the Program and that the individual is a participant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notice of ACP Participation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Current and valid authorization card;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A copy of the welcome letter issued to the participant on designation as a participant; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Written communication from the Secretary identifying an individual as a participant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Notice of ACP Participation shall be on the form that the Secretary prescribes and shall include the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Full legal name of the participant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Participant’s ACP number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Substitute address designated by the Secretary as the participant’s address;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Program requirements in accordance with State Government Article, §7-311(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Telephone number of the Program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Signature of the participant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Notice of ACP Participation satisfies the request that a bank, a credit union, any other depository institution, or any other financial institution within the meaning of Financial Institutions Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, may require under State Government Article, §7-308(b)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An agency or person who receives notification of Program participation in accordance with State Government Article, §7-311(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, may not knowingly disclose the participant’s name, home address, work address, or school address unless the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Person to whom the address is disclosed also lives, works, or goes to school at the disclosed address; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Participant has provided written consent to the disclosure of the participant’s name, home address, work address, or school address for the purpose for which the disclosure will be made.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An agency or person on notice and authorized to disclose the name, home address, work address, or school address of a participant by the participant's consent under State Government Article, §7-311(c)(1)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland, shall limit disclosure to only those disclosures that are necessary for the purpose for which the consent is provided.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>On disclosure under State Government Article, §7-311(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, an agency or person on notice shall forward the notification of Program participation to the agency or person to whom the disclosure is made in order to put that agency or person on notice.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>An agency or person on notice is presumed to have specific knowledge that the address and other identity information belongs to a participant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>An agency or person on notice shall use the participant’s substitute address for mailed correspondence.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Consent of the participant as set forth in State Government Article, §7-311(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, is required before an agency or person on notice may use the participant’s actual address on internal records or electronic databases that may be sold, transferred, or shared with third parties.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>