# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 11 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 10 — Private Home Detention Monitoring Agencies

#### Regulation .08 Standards for Electronic Monitoring.

*COMAR 12.11.10.08*

A. A monitoring agency using continuously signaling equipment to monitor an individual shall:

  (1) Maintain equipment in good working order that is capable of monitoring 24 hours a day using a transmitter affixed to a monitored individual, a receiver and dialer, telephone, and host computer;

  (2) Inform the monitored individual about the use of the equipment;

  (3) Test the equipment before use;

  (4) Ensure the proper installation of the equipment on the monitored individual and, if applicable, at the individual's approved location as ordered by the court; and

  (5) Electronically monitor the monitored individual at an approved location, except for a time specified by the court order or a time of an approved activity, or both.

B. A monitoring agency using satellite monitoring equipment to monitor an individual shall:

  (1) Maintain equipment capable of tracking a monitored individual 24 hours a day using global positioning satellite, cellular, or wireless technology;

  (2) Inform the monitored individual about the use of the equipment;

  (3) Test the equipment before use; and

  (4) Ensure the proper installation of the equipment on the monitored individual and, if applicable, at the monitored individual's approved location.