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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 22.06.05.02" title_num="22" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="05" heading="Board of Trustees' Action on the Disability Report.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>With respect to each applicant listed on the disability report, a majority of the Board of Trustees shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adopt the recommendation of the medical board to grant or deny a disability retirement; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Remand the disability claim to the Retirement Agency for additional review or information.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the Board of Trustees remands a disability claim, the Board of Trustees shall specify the basis for the remand and notify the Retirement Agency what additional review or information is requested.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Disability Unit’s Notice.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Promptly following the Board of Trustees’ action with respect to an applicant’s disability claim, the Disability Unit shall send written notice to the applicant of the Board of Trustees' action and advise the applicant of the applicant's rights as provided in Regulations .03—.05 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an applicant has been granted an ordinary or accidental disability retirement, the Disability Unit shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Notify the applicant’s appointing authority that the applicant has been approved for disability retirement; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the applicant is a State employee:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Notify the Department of Budget and Management, Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, that the applicant has been approved for disability retirement; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Advise the appointing authority that the applicant shall be considered resigned from State service as of the 120th day after the date of the Disability Unit’s notice to the applicant, in accordance with COMAR 17.04.03.16E.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>