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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 12.02.06.06" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="06" heading="Restoration of Revoked Diminution Credit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except under §C of this regulation, upon the recommendation of case management staff, a warden may restore diminution credit revoked during the current incarceration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Case management staff may recommend restoration of revoked diminution credit for an inmate who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Has no guilty finding for an inmate rule violation in the preceding 6 months;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is not serving a period of disciplinary segregation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has not been in disciplinary segregation in the preceding 6 months;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>With the application of the maximum amount of restored diminution credit, is within 12 months of release; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Not received prior consideration for restoration of diminution credit during the current term of confinement; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Received prior consideration for restoration of diminution credit where, as part of that consideration, a condition was imposed that the inmate was required to meet before a second consideration to restore revoked diminution credit would be given under this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Refusal to Submit to Medical Testing or Provide a DNA Sample.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A warden may restore, with a recommendation from case management staff, diminution credit revoked for an inmate's refusal to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Submit to a medical test affecting the public health or facility security; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide a DNA sample.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Before a warden restores diminution credit revoked for refusing to submit to medical testing or provide a DNA sample, a warden shall verify that the inmate has submitted to the required medical test or provided the DNA sample.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An inmate has no entitlement to approval of restoration of revoked credit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>