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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 10.32.02.18" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="02" heading="Administrative Expungement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Administrative Expungements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Applicant may file with the Board an application for administrative expungement to have records of an administrative action by a disciplinary panel classified as confidential, not for public release, and removed from the licensee’s public individual profile, if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The application is submitted more than 3 years after the imposition of an administrative action by the Board or after administrative reinstatement or termination of suspension of the license, whichever is later;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The licensee had no incidents of a public sanction since the administrative action identified in the application occurred; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The licensee is not currently under probation or investigation by the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An application for administrative expungement shall only be granted for the following administrative actions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Failure to pay taxes or unemployment insurance contributions under Health Occupations Article, §1-213(b), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Failure to complete continuing medical education requirements under Health Occupations Article, §14-316(d), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Failure to renew a license on time under Health Occupations Article, §14-606(a)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Failure to notify the Board in writing of change of name or address within the time required under Health Occupations Article, §14-316(f).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An administrative expungement shall not be considered for any license denials, reprimands, probations, suspensions, and revocations issued pursuant to Health Occupations Article, §14-404, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Application for Administrative Expungement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The application for administrative expungement shall be filed in writing on a form provided by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The application fee shall be $450.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The application fee is non-refundable.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Disposition of Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the applicant meets the requirements specified in §§A and B of this regulation, the Board shall inform the applicant when to expect the records to be removed from the applicant’s public practitioner profile as required in Health Occupations Article, §14-411.1, Annotated Code of Maryland, and when all Board records will be classified confidential.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the applicant does not meet the requirements specified in §§A and B of this regulation, the applicant will be deemed ineligible and the Board shall notify the applicant in writing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An applicant whose application is ineligible under §C(2) of this regulation may reapply when they meet the criteria.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Board is not required to report an administrative expungement to any national database.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the Board from using a Board record, previous sanction, or disciplinary action for any regulatory purpose or from releasing records to law enforcement or other governmental body as permitted by law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>