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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".20" citation="COMAR 11.13.10.20" title_num="11" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="10" heading="Service Providers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Service providers who service, install, monitor, calibrate, and provide information on ignition interlock systems shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Apply to the Administration for certification as an approved service provider;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Demonstrate that the service provider is able to competently service, install, monitor, calibrate, and provide information on ignition interlock systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be certified by a signed affidavit from the manufacturer that the service provider has been trained by an authorized manufacturer and that the service provider is competent to service, install, monitor, calibrate, and provide information on ignition interlock systems; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be deemed to be authorized representatives of a manufacturer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>After the Administration notifies a service provider of certification approval, the service provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>File with the Administration a surety bond in the amount of $10,000; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Notify the Administration within 5 days if the surety bond is canceled, revoked, or suspended.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Any service of notice upon an approved service provider who has violated any laws or regulations or whose ignition interlock system is not in compliance with any laws or regulations is deemed as service upon the manufacturer who certified the approved service provider.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An approved service provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provide adequate facilities as required in Regulation .12 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide service and installation records for inspection on the request of the Administration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Keep all personal and medical information provided to the service provider regarding Program participants confidential except to the Administration and its authorized representatives;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Install devices for eligible participants in the Program within 10 days of the date of requested installation by a Program participant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Provide a toll-free 24-hour emergency response number that a participant may call to obtain assistance from the provider with technical information, towing, and road service;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>On notification by a participant of a device failure:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provide emergency assistance within 3 hours of notification by the participant; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Repair or replace the device within 48 hours after notification by the participant;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Monitor devices periodically, not to exceed 30 days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Establish indigence provisions as set forth in COMAR 11.11.11;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Within 1 business day of a device's installation, removal, or monitoring appointment, electronically submit to the Administration the information it requires regarding the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Identification of the participant or prospective participant who had the device installed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Identification of the vehicle in which the device is or was installed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Monitoring data relating to the participant's use of the device for each monitoring period; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Within 1 business day after notification by the Administration that the information received was incomplete, corrupt, or erroneous, electronically resubmit the corrected information to the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>