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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 12.02.28.11" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="28" heading="Procedural Dismissal on Preliminary Review — Resubmission.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Incomplete Request — Eligible for Resubmission.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A dismissal on preliminary review of a Request form may be resubmitted if the procedural dismissal on preliminary review is based on:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An incomplete request form; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A requirement for more information than that provided on the Request form.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a Request form from a managing official indicating the request is to be procedurally dismissed on preliminary review because of reasons under §A(1) of this regulation, the facility ARC, within 5 working days of the date of receipt of the request by the managing official, shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Sign, date, and return the Request form to the inmate submitting the request including written notification of the procedural dismissal on preliminary review;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide instructions for resubmitting the request that include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Completing a new Request form;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Complying with instructions provided; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Submitting the request to the facility ARC by the date specified in the notice;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provide notice that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>If the resubmission does not correct issues noted by the facility ARC, the procedural dismissal on preliminary review is final; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>If the resubmission is not received by the date established by the facility ARC indicated in the notice provided under §A(2) of this regulation, the procedural dismissal on preliminary review is final.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An inmate may appeal a dismissal in accordance with the procedures set forth in Regulation .14 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Procedural Dismissal on Preliminary Review — Ineligible for Resubmission.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A procedural dismissal on preliminary review of a Request form may not be resubmitted if the procedural dismissal on preliminary review is based on a finding by the facility ARC that the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Inmate complaint is frivolous or malicious;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Inmate complaint is not eligible for resolution under Regulation .04 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Except for provisions under §B(3) of this regulation, request was not submitted within established time requirements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Inmate complaint has previously been resolved outside the formal resolution process;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Inmate complaint has previously been resolved through the formal resolution process;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Inmate complaint is repetitive of a request previously filed by the inmate through the formal resolution process, and a response was issued as a result of the previous request;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Request is in excess of an authorized limit on the number of requests the inmate may submit; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Incident in the Request is determined by the facility ARC to be the basis of an investigation being conducted by the Department’s Intelligence and Investigative Division.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a Request form from a managing official, indicating the request is to be procedurally dismissed on preliminary review for reasons under §B(1) of this regulation, the facility ARC, within 5 working days of the date of receipt of the request by the managing official, shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Sign, date, and return the Request form to the inmate submitting the request including written notification of the procedural dismissal on preliminary review;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Include information as to the reason for the procedural dismissal on preliminary review;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Include a statement that the procedural dismissal on preliminary review is final; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Notify the inmate that the decision may be appealed to the Commissioner if the procedural dismissal is based on §B(1)(h) of this regulation and include in the notification the following statement:</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the managing official or the facility ARC receives a Request form after the permitted time frame for submitting a Request form, the managing official or facility ARC may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Accept and process the Request form if the managing official or the facility ARC determines that the inmate has demonstrated that extraordinary circumstances prevented the inmate from submitting the Request form within the required time frame; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Procedurally dismiss the untimely Request form on preliminary review, with or without referring the untimely Request form to the appropriate facility for follow up independent of the ARP and notify the inmate that the decision may be appealed to the Commissioner.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When a Request form is procedurally dismissed on preliminary review, the facility ARC, on the date the request is indexed, shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Return the original and one copy of the request form to the inmate filing the request; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Place a copy in the ARP file maintained by the facility ARC.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A procedural dismissal on preliminary review by a managing official, or a designee, may be appealed to the Commissioner according to Regulation .14 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>