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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 10.54.02.14" title_num="10" subtitle_num="54" chapter_num="02" heading="Records and Reports.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A local agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain full and complete records concerning Program operations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Establish and maintain records concerning:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Financial operations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Food delivery systems;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Food instrument issuance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Equipment purchases;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Inventory;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Certification;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Nutrition education;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Civil rights;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Fair hearing procedures; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Other information as specified by the State agency;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Retain all records for a minimum of 4 years following the date of submission of the final expenditure report for the period to which the report pertains;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Except for medical case records of individual participants, unless they are the only source of certification data, make available for review, audit, or copying during normal business hours, records for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Representatives of the Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of the Inspector General, Food and Consumer Service (FCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>State-authorized personnel;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Submit a quarterly expenditure report on a form specified by the Department within 30 days after the end of the quarter being reported;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensure that, for the purposes of an audit, the quarterly expenditure report is documented so that it can be traced to its source; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Designate a person who shall certify the quarterly expenditure report as to its completeness and accuracy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A local agency may not divulge individual names in any report issued.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The State agency or a local agency shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Forward Program records to the Food and  Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture whenever either agency is disposing of them, if the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture considers any of the records to be of historical interest; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Retain a record for nonexpendable property acquired in whole or in part with Program funds for 3 years after final disposition of the property.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records specified in §A(2) of this regulation has been started before the end of the 3-year period, a local agency shall keep the records until all issues are resolved, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>