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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.21.14.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="14" heading="Personnel Provisions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility may not place the reports of the RGS in an employee's personnel file.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The rights advisor may not be a witness in an agency proceeding against an employee, unless the rights advisor is a first-hand witness to events being reviewed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If allegations are made against an employee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The rights advisor shall immediately give the employee and the employee's Department head a copy of the information relevant to the allegation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 5 working days of receipt of the information, the employee shall respond, in writing, to the rights advisor assigned to that facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Notice of Grievance Decision.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The rights advisor shall give written notice of a grievance decision involving an employee to the director of the division of personnel and the employee's Department head at the facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The personnel director shall forward a copy of the notice in §D(1) of this regulation to the employee, the employee's supervisor, and the employee's Department head.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Nothing shall prevent a facility from taking appropriate action against an employee for events which come to the attention of the facility through the RGS.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The RGS may not affect employee rights as mandated by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>