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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 12.02.28.03" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="28" heading="Organization and Responsibilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commissioner, or a designee, is responsible for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Oversight of the ARP;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensuring that a managing official properly applies ARP policy and procedures authorized under this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Designating a Headquarters ARC;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Designating Headquarters staff to investigate or delegate ARP investigative responsibilities authorized under this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Responding to appeals with in the established time frame; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Reviewing ARP decisions on appeal from the correctional facility level.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Headquarters ARC is responsible for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Managing ARP duties at the Headquarters level;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensuring that Headquarters staff perform and complete ARP assignments according to requirements under this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Reporting to the Commissioner, or a designee, compliance issues related to the ARP;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Processing ARP appeals within the established time frame;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Receiving, acknowledging, and directing investigations related to an ARP appeal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Maintaining documents and records related to the ARP;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Developing and implementing training programs for investigators and ARCs structured to facilitate the ARP; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Ensuring facility compliance with requirements of this chapter by auditing correctional facility activities related to inmate complaints.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A managing official, or a designee, is responsible for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Oversight of and compliance with procedures to resolve inmate complaints at the managing official’s correctional facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Designating a facility ARC and an alternate facility ARC from the following positions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Case management specialist; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Correctional officer;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensuring that facility staff are aware of the ARP by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Providing each new employee with an Administrative Remedy Procedure Fact Sheet for new employees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Having the new employee sign a receipt for the Administrative Remedy Procedure Fact Sheet for New Employees; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Having the signed receipt placed in the employee’s facility personnel file;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensuring that staff attempt to resolve inmate complaints at the lowest possible level;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Responding to inmate complaints within the established time frame; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensuring that the Introduction to the Administrative Remedy Procedure form is read to the inmate as part of inmate orientation and included in the inmate handbook.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility ARC is responsible for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Processing ARP complaints at the ARC’s facility in accordance with established procedures and within the required time frame;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensuring that facility staff complete ARP related duties in accordance with established procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Maintaining documents and records related to resolving inmate complaints under this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Reporting ARP non-compliance issues to the managing official;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Ensuring that ARP forms are available from case management, housing unit officers, and the inmate library; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensuring that appropriate accommodations are made for an inmate with limited English proficiency or a disability that affects the inmate’s ability to file a complaint under the ARP in accordance with Department procedures.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A unit liaison:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is an employee assigned by the managing official, or a designee, to be the ARC’s point of contact in the unit investigating an ARP complaint; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When assigned an ARP investigation, shall conduct or reassign the investigation to an employee in the same unit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An individual designated to investigate an ARP complaint under this chapter shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Thoroughly investigate the complaint using the Administrative Remedy Procedure Case Summary form; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Complete the assigned investigation and forward documentation to the ARC assigning the investigation within the time limit established for the investigation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The managing official, or a designee, shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Forms required by an inmate to request resolution of a complaint under this chapter are available to the inmate; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If requested, the inmate is provided appropriate assistance with reading and completing the form.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>