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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 07.01.02.03" title_num="07" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Requestor's Procedure for Requesting Disclosure or Personal Review of a Record.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A request for information from, or an opportunity to review, a record of the Department, an administration, or a local department shall be made to the custodian of the record.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Requests to personally review a record shall be in writing.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Requests For Information From a Record.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Requests may be made orally or in writing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The custodian may require that an oral request be made in writing, if the custodian reasonably believes that having the request in writing will assist the custodian in responding to the request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A written or oral request shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name, title, address, and telephone number of the requestor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A reasonable identification of the records sought;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The signature of the requestor, if the request is in writing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A general statement of the purpose for the records, if the request is for records of Social Services, Family Investment, Community Services, Child Support Enforcement, or Medical Assistance programs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>