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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 12.13.03.05" title_num="12" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="03" heading="Denial of Earned Compliance Credits.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An agent or monitor shall disqualify a supervised individual from receiving the monthly ECC if, during that month, the supervised individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Was noncompliant with a condition of supervision;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Was arrested, summoned, or indicted on a statement of charges;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Committed a violation of a criminal prohibition other than a minor traffic offense;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Committed a violation of a no contact or stay-away order; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Absconded from supervision.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a supervised individual is denied ECC during a calendar month, the agent or monitor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Document the type of noncompliance committed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Document the denial of ECC during the calendar month;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Notify the supervised individual in writing of the failure to earn ECC; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Encourage the supervised individual to comply with the terms and conditions of supervision release.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The agent or monitor shall retroactively award the denied ECC to the supervised individual if the sentencing court or the Parole Commission finds that the supervised individual was in compliance for an alleged  act of noncompliance that led to a denial of ECC under §§A and B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If an agent or monitor’s denial of ECC is based on a failure of the supervised individual to make payment on a court-ordered financial obligation for a period exceeding 60 days, the supervised individual shall be retroactively awarded the denied ECC if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The supervised individual satisfies the payment obligation within 60 days; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Court waives the supervised individual’s payment obligation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>