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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".16" citation="COMAR 11.14.08.16" title_num="11" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="08" heading="Inspector Training and Performance Review.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Inspector Training.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The contractor shall develop, maintain, and modify, as required by the Administration and the Department, an inspector training program to include both classroom and hands-on training, with provisions for initial and periodic in-service training.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The contractor shall use the training program after the program has been approved by the Administration and the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The contractor shall provide training that meets the provisions of this chapter to each inspector before the inspector may perform inspections.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The contractor shall provide periodic in-service inspector training over a period established by the Administration and the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Inspector Performance.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The performance of an inspector may be periodically reviewed by the Administration and the Department, either overtly or covertly.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Correction.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The contractor shall ensure that any failure of an inspector at a vehicle emissions inspection station to adequately implement the provisions of this chapter is corrected.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Correction may include retraining or dismissal of the inspector.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>