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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 09.34.01.13" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="01" heading="Communication from Director — Failure to Respond.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In this regulation, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Term Defined — Person.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Person” has the meaning provided in Business Regulation Article, §1-101(g), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Person” includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Any registrant or permit holder under Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, and any applicant for a registration or permit to operate a cemetery or crematory, or to provide burial goods, in this State; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Any other person required under the provisions of Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, or any regulation in this subtitle, to respond to a communication from the Director.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Duty to Respond.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a person receives from the Director or the Office a written communication requesting a response, the person shall respond in writing, by first-class mail, within 30 days of the date of the mailing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>It is the responsibility of a person to notify the Office in writing if there has been a change in the person’s address.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Failure to respond as required by this regulation may be considered by the Director to be a violation of Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>