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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 12.07.01.07" title_num="12" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" heading="Hearing Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If after conducting a preliminary review, the Executive Director decides the grievance should proceed to a hearing, the Executive Director, or a designee, shall notify the grievant and all other individuals determined necessary for the hearing of the date, time, and location of the hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To the extent that security considerations permit, a hearing conducted under this chapter shall be open to the public.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall preside over the hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Prehearing discovery procedures do not apply to inmate grievance proceedings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>During a hearing, the grievant may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be represented by an attorney licensed to practice law in the State, another inmate, or may appear without representation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Call witnesses determined by the Office or the presiding administrative law judge to have competent and relevant testimony that is not unduly cumulative or repetitive; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Present or request the presentation of documents and records determined by the Office or the presiding administrative law judge to be competent and relevant and not unduly repetitious in the determination of the merits of the grievance.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The administrative law judge shall conduct the hearing according to standards established under State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>