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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.21.14.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="14" heading="Resident Grievance System Reports.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Director of the RGS shall ensure that RGS reports:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May not be released to other persons except as provided within this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identify the alleged violations, the decision, and the remedy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>With the identity of those involved in the grievance deleted, the Director of the RGS shall ensure that the decisions on all 4th-stage grievances be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Included in the annual report of the RGS Director;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Made available for public review at the Department's Resident Grievance System Office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sent to other rights advisors;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Sent to the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services, the LAP, and members of the Coe Board of Review; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Sent to the Behavioral Health Administration facility CEOs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>With the identity of those involved in the grievance deleted, all decisions with Statewide impact, as determined by the Director of the RGS, shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Circulated to those enumerated in §B of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sent to all Behavioral Health Administration personnel involved in or affected by the decision.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>RGS reports and other documents concerning a grievance may not be placed in the resident's medical record unless otherwise required by law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>