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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 22.01.03.09" title_num="22" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Participant Responsibilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A participant shall promptly:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the Agency in writing of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Any change of the participant’s name, address, or telephone number; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The death of the alternate payee;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Comply with all reasonable requests from the Agency for information and documentation necessary for processing payment of all or any portion of a participant's plan benefit to the alternate payee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit any applications or forms required by the Agency to effectuate any provision of the domestic relations order.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the participant takes any action in contravention of an eligible domestic relations order, the participant, and not the Agency, shall bear the sole and exclusive liability for the action.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>