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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 03.01.03.02" title_num="03" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Electronic data interchange” or “EDI technology” means the computer-to-computer exchange of business transactions in a standardized structured electronic format.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Hard copy” means any documents, records, reports, or other data printed on paper.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Machine-Sensible Record.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Machine-sensible record” means a collection of related information in an electronic format.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Machine-sensible record” does not include hard-copy records that are created or recorded on paper or stored in or by an imaging system such as microfilm, microfiche, or storage-only imaging systems.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Storage-Only Imaging System.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Storage-only imaging system” means a system of computer hardware and software that provides for the storage, retention, and retrieval of documents originally created on paper.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Storage-only imaging system” does not include any system, or part of a system, that manipulates or processes information or data contained on the document in any manner other than to reproduce the document in hard copy or as an optical image.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>