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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 07.01.07.02" title_num="07" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" 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>“Act” means the Public Information Act, State Government Article, §10-611 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Administration” means any of the following administrations within the Department of Human Services:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Social Services Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Family Investment Administration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Child Support Administration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Custodian” means an authorized employee of the Department, an administration, or a local department having actual control and custody of a record.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of Human Services, its administrations, and the local departments.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Fugitive felon” means an individual who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime that, under the law of the place the individual is fleeing, is a felony; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is in violation of a condition of probation or parole.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Information” means any part of a record, in any form.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>License.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“License” means formal written permission required by law to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Perform an act or provide a service; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Be obtained from the Department.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“License” includes terms used for similar forms including “registration”.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Local department” means the local department of social services in a county or Baltimore City, and the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Official custodian” means the executive head of the Department, administration, or local department in which a record is located.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Record” means the original or any copy of documentary material, in any form that, in the transaction of public business, is made by, received by, or received from:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The State;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Any county or city of the State; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any subdivision or agency of the State, or a county or city.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Requestor” means a person requesting disclosure of or access to a record.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“State” means the State of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>