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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 09.12.22.08" title_num="09" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="22" heading="Retention and Destruction of Records.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Consistent with Maryland records retention programs, personally identifiable employee medical information and lists of coded direct personal identifiers shall be destroyed or returned to the original record holder when they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were obtained.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The medical records officer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain custody of personally identifiable employee medical information which is currently not being used actively but may be needed for future use; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Conduct an annual review of all centrally held information to determine which information is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was obtained.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>