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<chapter num="04" heading="Reporting" title_num="02" subtitle_num="08">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Reporting by Law Enforcement Agencies.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A law enforcement agency shall submit a copy of its written policies demonstrating compliance with this subtitle to the Office of the Attorney General within 90 days of the date this regulation goes into effect.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>On or before September 1, 2021, and every year thereafter, a law enforcement agency shall submit the following information to the Office of the Attorney General:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The number of sexual assault evidence collection kits in its possession as of June 30 of that calendar year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The number of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits in its possession as of June 30 of that calendar year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The date each sexual assault evidence collection kit in its possession was received;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>The number of sexual assault evidence collection kits tested during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>The number of sexual assault evidence collection kits not tested during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year pursuant to COMAR 02.08.02.01A, B, C, or D;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>The number of any other kits not tested and an explanation of why the kit was not tested;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>For untested kit reviews:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The number of untested kit reviews requested during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The written recommendation resulting from each of the untested kit reviews conducted during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The number sexual assault evidence collections kits tested at the recommendation of an untested kit review;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>For sexual assault evidence collection kits destroyed during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The number of sexual assault evidence collection kits destroyed;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The date each sexual assault evidence collection kit was collected;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The date each sexual assault evidence collection kit was destroyed; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>The reason for the destruction; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>The number of written requests received pursuant to COMAR 02.08.01.04D during the prior year as of June 30 of that calendar year.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Reporting by Forensic Laboratories.">
    <text>On or before September 1, 2021, and every year thereafter, a forensic laboratory shall submit the following information to the Office of the Attorney General:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The number of sexual assault evidence collection kits tested within the prior completed fiscal year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The date each sexual assault evidence collection kit tested was received from a law enforcement agency; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The date on which a report summarizing the results of the test was prepared for each sexual assault evidence collection kit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-926(e) and 11-927(f), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: May 4, 2020 (47:9 Md. R. 476)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>