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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.15.03.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="03" heading="Payment of Processing Fee.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Central Repository shall collect a nonrefundable fee for a a printed statement authorized under Health-General Article, §§19-1902(c) and 19-1904(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and established in COMAR 12.15.01.15.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided under §C of this regulation, the processing fee shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be paid by the program at the time the application and fingerprints are submitted by the program to the Central Repository.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except under §D of this regulation, be payable to the Central Repository in the form of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Certified check;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Cashier’s check;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Money order;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Personal check; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Rendered by an alternative method approved in writing by the Central Repository.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Central Repository may establish a separate processing fee payment procedure for a government agency or a program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Payment of the processing fee for a covered individual is not required to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Update and issue a revised printed statement; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contest a printed statement under Health-General Article, §19-1908, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>