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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 12.06.01.15" title_num="12" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Dissemination of Registrant and Related Information.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Confidentiality.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The identity of a victim of a crime that requires registration under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland, may not be released.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Information about an individual who receives a copy of a registration statement under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-715, Annotated Code of Maryland, may not be released.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A supervising authority, local law enforcement unit, and the Sex Offender Registry Unit shall maintain records of requests received under this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Protecting the Public from a Specific Registrant. If the Department or a local law enforcement unit finds that, to protect the public from a specific registrant, it is necessary to give notice of a registration statement to a particular person, then the Department or a local law enforcement unit shall give notice of the registration to that person.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Request for a Registration Statement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A victim or witness who has filed a notification request form under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-104, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall receive:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A copy of a registration statement as established under Regulation .06E(2) of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Notice of subsequent changes of registrant's address or other status from the Sex Offender Registry Unit, unless the victim or witness notifies the Sex Offender Registry Unit to stop notification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A request for a copy of one or more registration statements for a specific registrant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May be directed to the Sex Offender Registry Unit, a supervising authority, or a local law enforcement unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Subject to §C(3) of this regulation, be processed in 5 business days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A request shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be in writing;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Specify the registrant's name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Include the requestor's name and mailing address; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>State the reason or reasons for the request.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A copy of a registration statement provided to a requestor includes a copy of the registrant's photograph, but may not include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The registrant's fingerprints;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Information identifying a victim, including the victim's age;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A registrant's Social Security number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>For a sexually violent predator, documentation of treatment received for a mental abnormality or personality disorder.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Central Registry.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Department may make available to the public information about registration statements by posting on the Internet a current listing of each registrant's name, crime, and other identifying information.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A request for a photocopy of the central registry:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May be directed to the Sex Offender Registry Unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Subject to §D(3) of this regulation, is processed in 5 business days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A request shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be in writing;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Include the requestor's name and mailing address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>State the reason or reasons for the request; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Include the fee established under COMAR 12.11.02.13.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>