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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 09.12.20.08" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="20" heading="Posting of Notices and Citations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Posting of Citations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a citation issued under the Act, an employer shall immediately post the citation, or an unedited copy, at or near the place the alleged violation referred to in the citation occurred, or if, because of the nature of the employer's operations, this is not practicable, in a prominent place readily observable to affected employees.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When employers are engaged in activities which are physically dispersed, the citation may be posted at the location where the employees operate to carry out their activities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An employer shall take steps to ensure that a citation is not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Altered;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Defaced; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Covered by other material.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An employer is not required to post a notice of de minimis violations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A citation, or a copy of it, shall remain posted for the later of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The time the violation was abated; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>3 work days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The filing by an employer of a notice of intent to contest under Regulation .09 of this chapter does not affect the employer's posting responsibility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Posting Notice of Contest.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In the same location where a citation is posted, an employer may post a notice indicating that the citation is being contested before the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The notice may state the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Reasons for contest; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Steps that have been taken to abate the violation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Posting of Notices.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a notice concerning a pending case, including a notice of hearing, an employer shall immediately post, where citations are required to be posted, a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Copy of the notice; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Notice informing affected employees of their right to participate in any proceeding in the notice.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A notice shall remain posted until:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The proceeding stated in the notice begins; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Earlier disposition.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Posting of a Memorandum of Settlement. A memorandum of settlement shall be posted in the same manner as required by this regulation for the posting of citations and notices.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>