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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 12.07.01.01" title_num="12" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" 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>“Administrative remedy procedure” means the procedure established by the Commissioner for inmate complaint resolution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Disciplinary proceeding” means Division of Correction and Patuxent Institution disciplinary proceedings.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Division” means the Division of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Inmate Grievance Office, or a designee, appointed under Correctional Services Article, §10-203, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Fair Value.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Fair value” means the worth of inmate property at the time of the loss, damage, or theft of the property.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Fair value” is the lesser of the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Actual cost of the property at the time of acquisition, less any amounts attributable to depreciation, wear, use, and other factors which decrease the value of the property; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Reasonable cost of the property at the time of acquisition, less any amounts attributable to depreciation, wear, use, and other factors which decrease the value of the property.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Filed” means that a grievance has been physically received by the Office according to requirements under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Grievance” means the complaint of any individual in the custody of the Commissioner or confined to the Patuxent Institution against any officials or employees of the Division or the Patuxent Institution arising from the circumstances of custody or confinement.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Grievant” means an inmate in the custody of the Commissioner or confined to the Patuxent Institution who files a grievance with the Office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Maryland Tort Claims Act” means State Government Article, §§12-101—12-110, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Office” means the Inmate Grievance Office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Prejudice” means a finding that one or more procedural errors undermine confidence in the outcome of a proceeding; that is, but for the error or errors there is a reasonable probability that the result would be different.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Property grievance” means a grievance filed by an inmate that the inmate's personal property has been improperly withheld, lost, damaged, stolen, or destroyed through the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of an employee or official of the Division of Correction or Patuxent Institution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Substantial evidence” means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind could reasonably accept as adequate to support a conclusion without reassessing credibility or substituting judgment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Treasurer” means the State Treasurer's Office.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>