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<chapter num="01" heading="Administration of Sex Offender Registration" title_num="12" subtitle_num="06">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>The purpose of this chapter is to establish the framework for the sex offender registration process and to specify the duties and responsibilities of a registrant and State and local agencies as established under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Absconder” means the status of a registrant when the Sex Offender Registry Unit determines that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The registrant has not registered in accordance with Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The registrant's address is not current.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Address verification and change of address form” means a document:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Used for the periodic registration of a sexually violent predator, sexually violent offender, and offender under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-711, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>That may be used to communicate a change of address by a sexually violent predator, child sexual offender, sexually violent offender, and offender to the Sex Offender Registration Unit and local law enforcement.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Central registry” means information maintained by the Department's Sex Offender Registry Unit concerning registrants who are required to register under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Child sexual offender” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Convicted” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-702, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“County” means a Maryland county or Baltimore City.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“County superintendent” has the meaning stated in Education Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Department” means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“Incarceration” means confinement to a State or local correctional facility because of a conviction, sentencing, and commitment.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>“Local law enforcement unit” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>"90 days" means 3 months.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>“Nonresident registrant” means an individual who:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Is required to register in another state;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Is not a resident of the State; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Enters the State for the purpose of full-time or part-time employment or to attend any public or private educational institution as described in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-704(7), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>“Notice of responsibility” means the form used to notify a registrant of the requirements of registration under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(14)">
        <text>“Notice of registration for child sexual offenders” means a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Form completed by a local law enforcement unit with information provided by a child sexual offender under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Written notification that a child sexual offender has registered with a local law enforcement unit under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-705(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(15)">
        <text>“Offender” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(16)">
        <text>“Offense” means a crime for which a conviction would require the individual to register under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(17)">
        <text>“Periodic registration” means the subsequent registration required under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(1)—(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, during a term of registration.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(18)">
        <text>“Registrant” means an individual who is required to register under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland, in one or more of the following categories:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Child sexual offender;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Offender;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Sexually violent offender; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Sexually violent predator.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(19)">
        <text>Registrant's Address.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Registrant's address” means the physical location in the community, including a homeless shelter, where a registrant regularly sleeps.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Registrant's address” includes the street and street number, apartment number if applicable, city, state, and zip code.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>“Registrant's address” does not include a post office box number.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(20)">
        <text>“Registration” means the procedure that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>All registrants complete with a supervising authority under Regulation .06 of this chapter; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Child sexual offenders complete with a local law enforcement unit under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(21)">
        <text>“Registration statement” means a form that is:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Obtained by a supervising authority from a registrant; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Includes, at a minimum, the information required under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-706, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(22)">
        <text>Release.</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>“Release” means any type of discharge from the custody of a supervising authority.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>“Release” includes parole, probation, mandatory supervision release, work release, and any type of temporary leave except for leave that is granted on an emergency basis.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>“Release” does not include:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Escape; or</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>A transfer among the Division of Correction, the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, the Patuxent Institution, and local correctional facilities that does not result in the registrant's release into the community.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(23)">
        <text>“Resident” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-705(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(24)">
        <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services or the Secretary's designee.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(25)">
        <text>“Sex Offender Registry Unit” means the unit in the Department that maintains the central registry and administers certain registration processes.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(26)">
        <text>“Sexually violent offender” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(27)">
        <text>“Sexually violent offense” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(g), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(28)">
        <text>“Sexually violent predator” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(h), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(29)">
        <text>“Supervising authority” has the meaning stated in Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701(i), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(30)">
        <text>“Term of confinement” has the meaning stated in COMAR 12.02.06.01B.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(31)">
        <text>“Term of registration” means the period of time a registrant is required to register under the Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(4), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(32)">
        <text>“Under investigation” means the status of a registrant when the Sex Offender Registry Unit has received information alleging that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A registrant has failed to register in accordance with Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>A registrant's address is not current.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Requirement to Register.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Resident Registrant. A resident registrant shall register with a supervising authority on or before the date that the registrant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Is released;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Is granted probation before judgment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Is granted probation after judgment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Is granted a suspended sentence; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Receives a sentence that does not include a term of confinement.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Other Registrants.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A nonresident registrant shall register with a supervising authority within 14 days following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Beginning employment in the State; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Enrolling as a student in the State.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A registrant moving into the State shall register with a supervising authority within 7 days following the earlier of the date the individual:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Establishes a temporary or permanent address; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Applies for a driver's license.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Additional Registration for Child Sexual Offenders.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A resident child sexual offender shall register with the local law enforcement unit in the county where the child sexual offender's address is located within 7 days after release.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A nonresident child sexual offender shall register with the local law enforcement unit where the child sexual offender works or attends school within 7 days after registering with a supervising authority.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A child sexual offender moving into the State shall register with the local law enforcement unit in the county where the child sexual offender's address is located within 7 days after registering with a supervising authority.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Expiration of Sentence or Supervision. If a sentence, including supervision, for a conviction that requires registration expires, the registrant shall continue to register until the term of registration is completed under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(4), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Term of Registration.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall calculate a term of registration:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>For a resident registrant, from:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The last date of release from a term of confinement related to a crime for which registration is required;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The date granted probation or a suspended sentence; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The date of registration if a registrant is subject to registration under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-702.1, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For a nonresident registrant or a registrant moving into this State, from the date established by the state that required registration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Except as provided in §D of this regulation, a registrant shall register for a term of 10 years.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>If a registrant is reincarcerated during a 10-year term of registration for a crime that does not require lifetime registration under §D of this regulation and, at the time of release, the term of confinement related to the original crime for which registration is required has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Not expired, a registrant shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Submit a new registration statement to the supervising authority; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Begin a new 10-year term of registration as calculated under §A of this regulation; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Expired, a registrant shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Resume the periodic registration requirement under Regulation .10 of this chapter for any remaining balance of the original 10-year term of registration; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Submit written notification of change of residence address to the Sex Offender Registry Unit under Regulation .13 of this chapter.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Lifetime Registration.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Lifetime registration is required if the registrant meets the criteria under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(4)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>When lifetime registration is based on a prior conviction that is subsequently reversed, vacated, expunged, or set aside by the court, or for which the registrant is subsequently pardoned by the Governor, the term of registration shall revert to 10 years from the date established under §A or C of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>A nonresident registrant shall register for the term specified in §B or D of this regulation and shall comply with the periodic registration requirements until termination of registration is authorized under Regulation .14 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Registration Statement.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A registrant shall complete, sign, and date a registration statement form with a supervising authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A registration statement includes the following information supplied by the registrant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Registrant's full name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Address as follows:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Registrant's address, including county; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>If on work release or temporary leave, the address of the State or local correctional facility granting work release or temporary leave;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Registrant's fingerprints obtained at the time of registration by, or at the direction of, the supervising authority;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>For nonresident registrants:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The name of the registrant's employer or school; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The address, including county, of the registrant's work site or site of school attendance;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Registrant's signature; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Date signed.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A registration statement includes the following information supplied by the supervising authority:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Registrant's photograph obtained at the time of registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Registrant's Social Security number, as required under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-706(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Any aliases used by a registrant, including dates of birth and Social Security numbers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>For each crime for which the registrant is required to register:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Name of the crime, including statutory citation if applicable and available;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Date of conviction;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Name of Maryland court and county, or other court and location, where the registrant was convicted;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Date the crime was committed; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Victim's age at the time the crime was committed;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Registrant category, or multiple categories if applicable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Date of release;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Term of registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>For a sexually violent predator:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Identifying factors, including scars, marks, tattoos, and other significant physical characteristics;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The prior sexually violent offense or offenses that are the basis for the proceeding under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-703, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Dates and places of treatment received for a mental abnormality or personality disorder;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Information required in order to reimburse supervising authorities for the cost of processing registration statements under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-713(3), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>Any attachments necessary to facilitate the accurate and timely registration of the registrant.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Registration Responsibilities—Supervising Authority.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Secretary may delegate the Secretary's duties as a supervising authority to an agency of the Department or a local law enforcement unit under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A supervising authority shall establish procedures for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Obtaining information required for the registration statement before to its submission to the Sex Offender Registry Unit and to other agencies as required; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Responding to inquiries from the Sex Offender Registry Unit concerning the information in a registration statement.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Before releasing a registrant, a representative of the supervising authority shall perform the following duties:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Complete the registration statement, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The information required under Regulation .05 of this chapter; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Signing the registration statement; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Notify the registrant of the responsibilities under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland, by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Explaining to the registrant:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>The required periodic registration established under Regulation .10 of this chapter during the registrant's term of registration;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>The required additional in-person registration by a child sexual offender, within 7 days, with the local law enforcement unit of the county where the child sexual offender resides, or where a nonresident child sexual offender works or attends school; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iii)">
            <text>The required notifications and responsibilities pertaining to changes of a registrant's address and other changes in status established under Regulation .13 of this chapter; and</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Providing a written notice of these responsibilities that includes the registrant's signature and date acknowledging that the supervising authority explained the requirements of registration and gave written notice to the registrant.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Multiple Registrant Categories. A registrant required to register in more than one registrant category shall comply with a single periodic registration requirement, as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>As a child sexual offender, absent a determination as a sexually violent predator and notwithstanding another conviction as a sexually violent offender or offender;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>As a sexually violent predator, if a court order or commitment determines the individual to be a sexually violent predator under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-703, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>As a sexually violent offender, absent a determination as a sexually violent predator or a conviction as a child sexual offender, and notwithstanding another conviction as an offender; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>As an offender, absent a determination as a sexually violent predator or a conviction as a child sexual offender or as a sexually violent offender.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Distribution of Registration Statement.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Within 5 business days after obtaining the registration statement, the supervising authority shall send the completed registration statement, including fingerprints, photograph, and a copy of the signed notice of responsibilities, to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>The local law enforcement unit in the county where the registrant resides, or where a nonresident registrant works or attends school.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If a victim notification request form under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-104, Annotated Code of Maryland, is on file, the supervising authority shall, within 5 business days after obtaining the registration statement:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Send a copy of the completed registration statement under Regulation .15 of this chapter to the last mailing address of the registrant provided to the Department; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Send a copy of the victim notification request form to the Sex Offender Registry Unit.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>A supervising authority shall maintain a copy of the registration statement, fingerprints, photograph, and notice of responsibilities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>On or before release of a registrant who will resume periodic registration requirements under Regulation .04 of this chapter, a supervising authority shall send notice of the registrant's release to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If the registrant is a child sexual offender or sexually violent predator, the local law enforcement unit in the county where the child sexual offender or sexually violent predator resides.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" heading="Registration Responsibilities—Local Law Enforcement Unit.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The following are the local law enforcement units designated by resolution of each county governing body:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>In Allegany County, the Cumberland Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>In Anne Arundel County, the Anne Arundel County Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>In Baltimore City, the Baltimore Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>In Baltimore County, the Baltimore County Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>In Calvert County, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>In Caroline County, the Caroline County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>In Carroll County, the Westminster Barrack of the Maryland State Police;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>In Cecil County, the Cecil County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>In Charles County, the Charles County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>In Dorchester County, the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>In Frederick County, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>In Garrett County, the Garrett County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>In Harford County, the Harford County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(14)">
        <text>In Howard County, the Howard County Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(15)">
        <text>In Kent County, the Kent County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(16)">
        <text>In Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(17)">
        <text>In Prince George's County, the Prince George's County Police Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(18)">
        <text>In Queen Anne's County, the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(19)">
        <text>In Somerset County, the Somerset County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(20)">
        <text>In St. Mary's County, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(21)">
        <text>In Talbot County, the Talbot County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(22)">
        <text>In Washington County, the Washington County Sheriff's Office;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(23)">
        <text>In Wicomico County, the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(24)">
        <text>In Worcester County, the Worcester County Sheriff's Office.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Receipt of Registration Statements from Supervising Authorities.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit shall receive copies of registration statements from supervising authorities for all registrants.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If a registrant's address is in an incorporated municipality having a police department, a local law enforcement unit shall forward a copy of a registration statement received from a supervising authority to the police department of the incorporated municipality that includes the registrant's address.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>To register a child sexual offender, a local law enforcement unit shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Obtain a notice of registration for child sexual offenders in person from a child sexual offender after the child sexual offender's release from a supervising authority; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Notify the child sexual offender of the responsibility to register in person annually with the local law enforcement unit of the county that includes the registrant's address or where a nonresident works or attends school.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>A notice of registration for child sexual offenders:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Contains, at a minimum:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The registrant's name, address, signature, and date;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>If the child sexual offender is a nonresident, the name and address where the child sexual offender is employed or attends school; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The signature and date signed by the representative of the local law enforcement unit; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>May contain:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The child sexual offender's fingerprints and photographs; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Additional information as dictated by the local law enforcement unit.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Within 5 business days after completing registration of a child sexual offender, the local law enforcement unit shall forward:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The completed notice of registration for child sexual offenders to the Sex Offender Registry Unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A copy of a notice of registration for child sexual offenders to the county superintendent in the county where a child sexual offender resides, or where a nonresident child sexual offender works or attends school.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>A local law enforcement unit shall maintain a copy of the notice of registration for child sexual offenders.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Registration of Other Registrants.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit may obtain a registration statement under Regulation .06 of this chapter from a nonresident registrant or a registrant who moves into this State if the registrant is not under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit that submits registration statements under this section shall be reimbursed by the Department under Regulation .17 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" heading="Registration Responsibilities—Sex Offender Registry Unit.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Maintain a central registry:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Initiated by receipt of registration statements; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Updated by receipt of periodic registration documentation and notice of changes of registrant's address or other status;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Determine if a registrant should be placed in an under investigation or absconder status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Calculate terms of registration; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Authorize termination of registration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall transmit a registrant's conviction and fingerprint data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as soon as possible, but not later than 5 business days after receiving a registration statement.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall supply the forms required by supervising authorities and local law enforcement units to perform their respective duties under Criminal Procedure Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>In order to carry out the provisions of Criminal Procedure Article, §11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Sex Offender Registry Unit shall establish procedures and timeframes for the timely:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Exchange of information, including notification of registrant status, among:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Local law enforcement units;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Supervising authorities;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Sex offender registries and law enforcement units in other states; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Federal agencies; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Receipt and exchange of information concerning registrants, and the coordination of investigations among the Unit, local law enforcement units, and the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" heading="Other Responsibilities—County Superintendent.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A local law enforcement unit shall send a copy of the completed notice of registration for child sexual offenders to the county superintendent concerning:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A resident child sexual offender who lives in that county; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A nonresident child sexual offender employed or attending school in that county.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>As soon as possible but not later than 5 business days after receiving notice, a county superintendent shall send written notice of child sexual offender registration to principals of the schools under the superintendent's supervision that the superintendent considers necessary to protect the students of a school from a child sexual offender.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" heading="Periodic Registration Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Temporary Suspension of Periodic Registration Requirements.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A periodic registration requirement may be suspended only if a registrant is incarcerated at a time when the registrant is required to meet periodic registration requirements.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If a balance of a 10-year term of registration remains at the time the registrant is released, the registrant's periodic registration requirements resume as provided under Regulation .04 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A registrant who is required to register in more than one registrant category shall comply with a single periodic registration requirement as provided under Regulation .06 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A registrant shall meet deadlines as directed by a local law enforcement unit or the Sex Offender Registry Unit in order to comply with periodic registration as established under this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>A sexually violent predator shall periodically register by completing, signing, and mailing to a local law enforcement unit, within 10 days of receipt, an address verification and change of address form:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Every 90 days; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For life.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>A child sexual offender shall periodically register with a local law enforcement unit in the county in which the child sexual offender resides, or where a nonresident child sexual offender is employed or attends school:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Annually;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>In person; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>For the term provided under Regulation .04 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>A sexually violent offender and an offender shall periodically register by completing, signing, and mailing to the Sex Offender Registry Unit, within 10 days of receipt, an address verification and change of address form:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Annually; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For the term provided under Regulation .04 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" heading="Periodic Registration—Local Law Enforcement Unit.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>General.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Establish a schedule for periodic registration for each child sexual offender and sexually violent predator; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Maintain a copy of documents pertaining to periodic registration.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit shall notify the Sex Offender Registry Unit when:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A child sexual offender does not appear for annual registration as required under Regulation .10 of this chapter; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>A sexually violent predator does not return the address verification and change of address form as required under Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>If a local law enforcement unit receives notice that a child sexual offender or sexually violent predator has changed address by moving:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Out of the local law enforcement unit's county, it shall delete the registrant from the periodic registration process; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Into the local law enforcement unit's county, it shall add the registrant to the periodic registration process.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Periodic registration of a child sexual offender follows the same procedure established under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Periodic Registration of a Sexually Violent Predator.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit shall send an address verification and change of address form to the last reported address of a sexually violent predator:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>By certified mail, return receipt requested; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Not later than 15 days before the periodic registration deadline for the registrant.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Within 5 business days of receiving a signed address verification and change of address form from a sexually violent predator, a local law enforcement unit shall send the address verification and change of address form to the Sex Offender Registry Unit and maintain a copy for local records.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" heading="Periodic Registration—Sex Offender Registry Unit.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall establish a schedule for periodic registration for each sexually violent offender and offender.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall send an address verification and change of address form to the last reported address of each sexually violent offender and offender:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>By certified mail, return receipt requested; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Not later than 15 days before the periodic registration deadline for the registrant.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" heading="Change of Registrant's Address and Other Status.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A registrant shall submit to the Sex Offender Registry Unit written notification within 7 days following a change of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Registrant's address; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A nonresident registrant's employment or school enrollment address.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>In addition to the requirements of §A of this regulation, when a registrant changes the registrant's address to another state that has a registration requirement, the registrant shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Register with the designated law enforcement unit of the new state of residence and with the appropriate office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 7 days after the change; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Comply with any registration requirement in the new state of residence.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>When a resident registrant begins or changes employment or school enrollment in another state that has a registration requirement, the registrant shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Register with the designated local law enforcement unit of that state within 7 days after the change;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Comply with any registration requirement in the new state where employed or attending school; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Maintain the periodic registration requirements in Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" heading="Termination of Requirement to Register.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>When a registrant's 10-year term of registration terminates, the Sex Offender Registry Unit shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Remove the registrant from the central registry; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Notify:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>The registrant;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>If applicable, the local law enforcement unit overseeing periodic registration;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>The victim, if a victim notification request form is on file; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Other appropriate agencies.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Early termination of a term of registration may be authorized by the Sex Offender Registry Unit upon submission, by the registrant, of one of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>A true test copy of the court order reversing, vacating, or setting aside the conviction underlying the registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A copy of a governor's pardon for the conviction underlying the registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A true test copy of a court order for expungement of the conviction underlying the registration; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Documentation submitted by a nonresident registrant from an employer or place of school enrollment that the employment or school enrollment that required registration in this State has terminated.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>If the Sex Offender Registry Unit receives a death certificate or published death notice concerning a registrant, it shall remove the registrant from the central registry and make notification under §A(2)(b)—(d) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" 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>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".16" heading="Escape.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>If a registrant escapes from a correctional facility, the supervising authority of the facility shall immediately notify:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The local law enforcement unit in the county in which the registrant resided before the registrant was committed to the custody of the supervising authority; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Individuals entitled to receive notice under Regulation .06 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If a registrant resided, before an escape, in an incorporated municipality having a police department, a local law enforcement unit shall forward notification from a supervising authority concerning a registrant's escape from a correctional facility, or return from escape, to the municipal police department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>As soon as possible but not later than 2 business days after learning of the registrant's recapture, the supervising authority of the facility shall notify the parties identified in §A of this regulation about the recapture.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" heading="Duties of the Department.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Reimbursement for Local Law Enforcement Unit.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Department shall reimburse each local law enforcement unit designated under Regulation .07 of this chapter reasonable costs for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Processing a registration statement;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Taking fingerprints and photographs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Implementing and maintaining community notification procedures.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The Department shall determine the amount of reimbursement to each local law enforcement unit.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The Department shall reimburse each local law enforcement unit annually at a rate of $200 for each registrant processed by the local law enforcement unit.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>The Department shall reimburse each local law enforcement unit by October 31 for reimbursement requests received for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Reimbursement Procedures.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Central Repository shall provide each local law enforcement unit a list of registrants processed by the local law enforcement unit within 5 working days of the first day of each fiscal year for registrants processed in the preceding fiscal year.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Each local law enforcement unit receiving a list under §B(1) of this regulation shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Compare the list with local records for processing registrants;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Identify and resolve discrepancies with the Central Repository; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Submit a written request for reimbursement under this regulation to the Central Repository for the registrants processed during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A local law enforcement unit shall submit a reimbursement request under this regulation to the Central Repository by August 15 for all registrants processed during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>When the Central Repository receives a request for reimbursement under this regulation, the Central Repository shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Before making reimbursement, review and verify that the local law enforcement unit processed the registrants for which the local law enforcement unit claims reimbursement;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>If applicable, resolve discrepancies; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Forward the reimbursement request to the Department's Division of Financial Services.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Department shall periodically review and update this chapter with advice from the Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" heading="Enforcement.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A registrant who violates the provisions of this chapter is subject to the penalties provided under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A registrant who changes residence to another state and fails to notify the new state of residence and the FBI may be subject to the penalties established under 42 U.S.C. §14072(g)(3) and(i).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Correctional Services Article, §2-109; Criminal Procedures Article, §§11-701—11-721, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1381)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .17 amended effective December 6, 2007 (34:24 Md. R. 2158)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>