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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 17.01.01.03" title_num="17" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="01" 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>“Debtor” means a person, company, agency, corporation, or other entity legally obligated to pay money to the State or to an agency or official of the State in his official capacity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Delinquent Account. An account shall be considered delinquent when the agency making the claim has documented that the following conditions exist:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Appropriate demand has been made on the debtor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A third-party payor (for example, insurance company, government agency, etc.) that may be involved has refused benefits to the debtor sufficient to satisfy the State's entire claim on the debtor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The debtor:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Is unable to pay all or any part of the State's claim, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Refuses to pay all or a part of the State's claim.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>