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<chapter num="07" heading="Open Meetings" title_num="16" subtitle_num="03">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definition.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Term Defined. “Board” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Any other board, commission, or entity of the Department that is a public body, as that term is defined in State Government Article, §10-502, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Public Attendance and Observance Allowed.">
    <text>At any open session of a board, the general public is invited to attend and observe.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Public Participation Limited.">
    <text>A member of the public attending an open session may not participate in the session except to the extent:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Board expressly invites or allows public testimony, questions, comments, or other forms of public participation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A person is entitled by law to participate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Disruptive Conduct Prohibited.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In General. A person attending an open session of a board may not engage in any conduct, including visual demonstrations such as the waving of placards, signs, or banners, that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Disrupts the session; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Interferes with the public's right to attend and observe the session.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Enforcement. If any person persists in conduct prohibited by §A of this regulation or violates any other regulation concerning the conduct of the open session, the presiding officer may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Order the person to be removed from the session;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Request police assistance to restore order; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Recess the session until order is restored.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Recording, Photographing, or Broadcasting.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Authorized Generally. A member of the public, including a representative of the news media, may record, photograph, videotape, broadcast, or televise the proceedings of an open session by means of a tape recorder, camera, or other device or equipment, if the device or equipment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Is operated without excessively bright artificial light that disturbs board members or other individuals attending the session;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Does not create an excessive noise that disturbs board members or other individuals attending the session; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Does not otherwise:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Disrupt the session; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Interfere with the public's right to attend and observe the session.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Restricted Movement.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>If necessary to maintain the orderly conduct of the session, the presiding officer may restrict the movement of the person who is using a recording device, a camera, or broadcasting or televising equipment.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If the person refuses to comply or otherwise persists in conduct prohibited by this regulation or any other regulation concerning the conduct of the open session, the presiding officer may take action as authorized in Regulation .04B of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Recordings Not Part of Record.">
    <text>Neither a recording of an open session made by a member of the public nor a transcript derived from this recording is considered a part of the record of any proceeding of the board.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Human Services Article, §9-204; State Government Article, §10-507(b); Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>