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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 12.14.01.05" title_num="12" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Post-Audit Activities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The audit team leader shall review and discuss the audit results with the Executive Director before formalization of the findings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The audit team leader shall issue a report to the managing official for review and comment within 30 days of completion of the audit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Executive Director shall submit the final report and compliance plan to the Commission for consideration and approval within 60 days of completion of the audit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Executive Director shall disseminate the final report and compliance plan to the specified distribution within 15 days of the Commission's approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Commission staff shall routinely monitor the approved compliance plan.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The managing official shall submit a written request to the Commission for modification of the compliance deadlines, when initial plans for corrective action cannot be met, for formal consideration at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If approved, the Commission shall issue a revised plan for corrective action.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>If disapproved, the Commission may conduct a hearing according to established procedures to determine whether certain facility functions, operations, or practices should be limited or discontinued, the facility closed, or other appropriate actions taken.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The Executive Director shall recommend to the Commission, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the presentation of the recognition of achievement award to a facility which has attained total compliance within 1 year of the approval of the compliance plan.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>For a facility which does not achieve 100 percent compliance within 1 year, Commission staff shall continue to monitor the correction of noted deficiencies until the next scheduled audit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>