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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 12.14.03.05" title_num="12" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="03" heading="Standards — Inmate Housing and Sanitation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The managing official of a correctional facility shall have a written policy and procedure:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Governing the availability, control, storage, and use of flammable, toxic, and caustic materials which includes provisions for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Secure storage outside inmate living and activity areas;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Quarterly inspection and inventory to determine condition and accountability;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Specification of persons authorized access and use; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A record of issue and disposal;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Requiring weekly sanitation inspections of internal and external facility areas;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Governing facility housekeeping, which includes provisions for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Specific description of staff and inmate duties and responsibilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Quarterly vermin and pest control services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Weekly trash removal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A secure paper or plastic receptacle for daily disposal of soiled menstrual hygiene products; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Weekly removal of paper or plastic receptacles containing soiled menstrual hygiene products;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Governing the availability of personal hygiene articles, which includes provisions for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The issue of no cost personal hygiene articles to an inmate at the time of admission to a facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The issue of no cost personal hygiene articles to an indigent inmate;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The issue of no cost menstrual hygiene products to a female inmate at the time of admission to a facility, on a routine basis, and upon request;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Routine commissary access for the purchase of personal hygiene articles; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A record of inventory for menstrual hygiene products;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Providing for a record of the issue and return of clothing to an inmate unless personal clothing is allowed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Providing for a record of the issue and return to an inmate of mattresses, pillows, sheets, pillow cases, towels, wash cloths, and blankets;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Providing for weekly laundering and accountability of issued and personal clothing and linens; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Providing for the management of inmate personal property, which includes provisions for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Designation of property limitations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A listing of all property confiscated;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The signature of inmate and personnel upon confiscation and return;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A semiannual inventory of property retained by the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Replacement of damaged or lost items;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Recorded disposition of property abandoned by an inmate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Recorded modifications to an established listing.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The managing official shall ensure that the facility provides sufficient toilet, shower, and bathing accommodations to maintain basic health and personal hygiene.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>