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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 09.12.22.02" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="22" heading="Scope and Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in §B of this regulation, this chapter applies to a request by MOSH inspection personnel to access records for the purpose of examining or copying personally identifiable employee medical information, whether or not the request is made under the access provisions of 29 CFR §1910.1020(e)(3).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This regulation does not apply when:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>MOSH inspection personnel:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conduct an examination of employee medical records solely to verify employer compliance with the medical surveillance record-keeping requirements of an occupational safety and health standard or with 29 CFR §1910.1020;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conduct the examination:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>On-site, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>If requested, under the observation of the record holder; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Do not record and take offsite any information from medical records other than documentation of the fact of compliance or noncompliance; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A written directive by the Commissioner authorizes appropriately qualified personnel to conduct limited reviews of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Specific medical information mandated by an occupational safety and health standard; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Specific biological monitoring test results.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>