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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13B.04.03.02" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="03" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Act” means State Government Article, § 10-611—10-628, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Higher Education Commission, its advisory councils, its committees, any other public bodies under the authority and acting on behalf of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Maryland State Scholarship Administration, and any employees, agents, or contractors acting on behalf of the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Custodian” means the head of a Commission organizational unit or authorized Commission employee having personal custody and control of the public record that is the subject of a request under the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Official custodian” means the person who is responsible for the maintenance, care, and keeping of the public records of the Commission. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Secretary is the official custodian of all public records of the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Person in interest” means a person or governmental unit that is the subject of a public record, or an authorized designee of the person or governmental unit, or, if the person has a legal disability, a parent or legal representative of the person.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Public Record.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Public record” means the original or any copy of any documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by the Commission in connection with the transaction of public business.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Public record” includes a document that contains the salary of an official or employee of the Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Requester” means a person or governmental unit requesting access to public records under the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Higher Education.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Sociological Information.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Sociological information” means any of the following information requested from the Commission:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Scholarship and financial aid records of individual students or their families, except as provided by Regulation .09 of this chapter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Records about the biography, family, race, ethnic background, physiology, religion, academic achievement, or physical or mental ability of a student;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Social security numbers;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Personal addresses;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Personal phone numbers; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Information regarding marital status, dependents, or relatives.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Sociological information” includes the part of a public record that contains information about the licensing of an individual in an occupation or profession, except that the custodian shall permit inspection of the part of a public record that gives:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The name of the licensee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The business address of the licensee or, if the business address is not available, the home address;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The business telephone number of the licensee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The educational and occupational background of the licensee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>The professional qualifications of the licensee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Orders and findings that result from formal deficiency actions; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Evidence that has been provided to the custodian to meet the requirements of a statute as to financial responsibility.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Working day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a State holiday.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>