# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 01 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 08 — Correction or Amendment of Personal Records

#### Regulation .06 Procedures for Responding to a Request for Correction or Amendment of Personal Records.

*COMAR 07.01.08.06*

Within 30 days after receipt of a request for correction or amendment of personal records that:

A. Complies with Regulations .04 and .05 of this chapter, the custodian shall:

  (1) Make the requested correction or amendment and notify the requestor in writing; or

  (2) Inform the requestor in writing that the record may not be amended or corrected as requested because:

    (a) The requestor is not a person in interest,

    (b) The record to be corrected or amended is not a personal record,

    (c) The requestor is not entitled to inspect the records under State Government Article, §10-611 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland, or

    (d) Other reasons mandated by law; or

B. Does not comply with Regulation .04 of this chapter, the custodian shall return the request to the requestor:

  (1) With an explanation for the return; and

  (2) Procedures for resubmitting the request.