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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 09.42.03.07" title_num="09" subtitle_num="42" chapter_num="03" heading="Record Keeping Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An EPIP administrator or employer shall collect and maintain documentation of all of the following for a minimum of 5 years:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Applications for benefits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Benefits paid, including payment dates and amounts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The outcome of internal initial applications for benefits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Internal reconsideration requests received;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The outcome of internal reconsiderations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Documents, including wage data or other evidence, containing the information on which benefits determinations and reconsiderations were based; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Withholdings received from employees.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 30 days of the Division’s written request, an EPIP administrator or an employer with an approved EPIP shall provide any documentation either is obligated to maintain.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the employer or EPIP administrator requests an extension and provides good cause for the extension, the Division may extend the 30-day deadline.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the employer or EPIP administrator does not provide the requested documentation by the deadline, the Division may terminate its approval of the EPIP.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>