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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 13A.12.06.08" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="06" heading="Educator Identification Clearinghouse.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Educator Identification Clearinghouse is maintained by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification to provide a mechanism for licensing agencies to exchange names of educators whose licenses have been denied, revoked, suspended, or surrendered.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The State Superintendent of Schools shall notify the Educator Identification Clearinghouse of all surrender, suspension, revocation, and denial decisions as part of the interstate certification data exchange.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The State Superintendent shall only provide final actions that are matters of public record to the Clearinghouse.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The existence of a record in the Educator Identification Clearinghouse alone is not a basis for reciprocal action.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>