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<chapter num="05" heading="Correction or Amendment of Personal Records" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>These regulations establish procedures for a person in interest to request the correction or amendment of a personal record maintained by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>These regulations do not apply to criminal history record information defined under Criminal Procedure Article, §10-201(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Procedures for correction or amendment of criminal history record information are provided under Criminal Procedure Article, §§10-223—10-226, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.15.01.07.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </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>“Custodian” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §10-611(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Personal record” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §10-624(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Person in interest” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §10-611(e), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Public record” has the meaning stated in State Government Article, §10-611(g), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Requesting Correction or Amendment of a Personal Record.">
    <text>A person in interest requesting to correct or amend a personal record shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Make the request in writing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Identify the personal record to be corrected or amended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>State the precise correction or amendment requested;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>State the reason for the correction or amendment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Direct the request to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The custodian of the record; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If the custodian is unknown, the Executive Director of the Human Resources Division for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Response to a Request to Correct or Amend a Personal Record.">
    <text>Within 30 days of receipt of the request for correction or amendment, the custodian of the record shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Make the requested correction or amendment and inform the person in interest, in writing, of the action; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Inform the person in interest, in writing, that the requested correction or amendment will not be acted on because:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The person making the request is not a person in interest;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The record to be corrected or amended is not a personal record;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The personal record requested to be corrected or amended is correct; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Of any other reason that is authorized by law.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Disagreement with Refusal to Correct or Amend a Personal Record.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>If the custodian refuses a requested correction or amendment of a personal record, the person in interest may file with the head of the agency that has authority over the personal record a concise statement of the reasons for disagreeing with the agency's refusal to make the correction or amendment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The person in interest filing a statement under §A of this regulation shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>File the statement in writing;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Submit the statement on one side of 81/2 x 11 inches paper; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Limit the statement to a maximum of five pages.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>If a custodian discloses, to a third party, information from a personal record related to a statement filed under §A of this regulation, the custodian shall provide the third party a copy of that statement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Administrative Review.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A person in interest may request an administrative review by filing a written request with the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, if the person in interest has been denied:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>An amendment or correction of a record;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The right to file a statement; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The right to have a statement forwarded to a third party.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A request for review shall be filed within 30 days of the date the person in interest is advised of the agency's action.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The Secretary, or a designee, shall require that an administrative review under §A of this regulation be conducted under State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.11.04.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 6, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: August 13, 1984 (11:16 Md. R. 1393)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective July 15, 1996 (23:14 Md. R. 1010)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective October 11, 2004 (31:20 Md. R. 1485)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>