These regulations set out procedures within the Department of Transportation for persons in interest to request the correction or amendment of personal records under State Government Article, §10-625, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Custodian” means an authorized person employed by the Department having personal custody and control of public records of the Department. “Official custodian” means and includes whomever the Secretary of Transportation shall appoint in the Departmental Headquarters elements, the Administrations, and the various Departmental Boards and Commissions (including the Transportation Authority), who are responsible for the maintenance, care, and keeping of public records, regardless of whether these records are in the official custodian's personal custody and control. “Person in interest” means and includes the person who is the subject of a record or any representative designated by that person, except that if the subject of the record is under legal disability, the term “person in interest” shall mean and include the parent or duly appointed legal representative. “Personal records” means and includes any public record that contains information pertaining to a natural person whose identity can be ascertained from the public record with reasonable certainty either by name, address, number, description, finger or voice print, picture, or any other identifying factor or factors. “Third party” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm, association or governmental agency who is not a “person in interest.” A person in interest who has the right to inspect records pursuant to State Government Article, §§10-612—10-619, Annotated Code of Maryland, may request the Department to correct or amend any personal records pursuant to State Government Article, §10-625, Annotated Code of Maryland. The person in interest shall request the correction or amendment in writing. Each request shall: Identify the personal records the person is seeking to correct or amend; State the precise correction or amendment requested; State the reason the correction or amendment is sought; and Include the statement that the personal records are to the person's belief currently inaccurate or incomplete. A request for correction or amendment of the records shall be filed with the Department by addressing it to the custodian of the record. If the custodian is unknown to the person in interest, the request may be addressed to the appropriate official custodian as listed below: Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Transportation, 7201 Corporate Center Drive, P.O. Box 548, Hanover, Maryland 21076-0548; Deputy Executive Director, Maryland Port Administration, The World Trade Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3041; Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration, 6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1614; Administrator, Motor Vehicle Administration, 6601 Ritchie Highway N.E., Glen Burnie, Maryland 21062-0001; Administrator, Maryland Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 8766, Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Maryland 21240-0766; Administrator, State Highway Administration, 707 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-0717; Executive Director, Maryland Transportation Authority, 2310 Broening Highway, Suite 150, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6639. A request for correction or amendment will be considered filed with the Department when received only to the extent that it reasonably complies with Regulation .04. If a request does not reasonably comply with Regulation .04, it shall be returned to the person with an explanation of the reason for the return and a statement that, upon proper completion, it may be refiled with the Department. Within 30 days after the completed request for correction or amendment that complies with Regulations .04 and .05 of this chapter is received, the custodian of the record shall: Make the requested correction or amendment and inform the person in writing of the action; or Inform the person in writing of the: Department's refusal to make the requested correction or amendment; and Reason for the refusal; or Inform the person in writing that the request will not be acted on because: The person is not a “person in interest”; The records sought to be corrected or amended are not “personal records”; The person requesting the correction or amendment is not entitled to inspect the records under State Government Article, §§10-612—10-619, Annotated Code of Maryland; or Of any other reason that is authorized by law. If the Department's final determination under Regulation .07 is to refuse the requested correction or amendment, as authorized by Regulation .07B, the person in interest may file with the Department a concise statement, not to exceed five 8-1/2 x 11 inch pages, of the reasons for: The requested correction or amendment; and Disagreement with the Department's refusal to make the correction or amendment. When the Department discloses to a third party information from personal records about which a statement in compliance with Regulation .08 of this chapter has been filed, the Department shall furnish a copy of the statement to the third party. A person in interest may request an administrative review within the Department, by filing a request for review with the Secretary or the Secretary's designee, if the person in interest has been denied: An amendment or correction of a record; The right to file a statement; or The right to have a statement to a third party forwarded pursuant to Regulation .09 of this chapter. A request for review shall be filed within 30 days of the date the person in interest is advised of the Department's action. The review proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland. This remedy of administrative review need not be exhausted before filing suit in a circuit court pursuant to State Government Article, §10-625(e), Annotated Code of Maryland. State Government Article, §10-625, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: July 16, 1984 (11:14 Md. R. 1250) Regulation .05 amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1861); September 14, 1992 (19:18 Md. R. 1657); March 24, 2008 (35:6 Md. R. 699) Regulation .05G amended effective October 27, 2014 (41:21 Md. R. 1259) Regulation .10A amended effective August 28, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1319)