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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 33.04.01.07" title_num="33" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Response to Request.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. Within the time limits and in the manner prescribed by the Act, a custodian shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Respond in writing to a written request;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If he or she is not the custodian of the requested records, so notify the applicant as provided in General Provisions Article, §4-202(c), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If he or she is the custodian of the requested records:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Grant the application, in whole or in part, in accordance with General Provisions Article, §§4-203 and 4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Deny the application, in whole or in part, as required or authorized by General Provisions Article, Subtitle 3, Annotated Code of Maryland, and this subtitle, in accordance with General Provisions Article, §4-203, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the official custodian believes that inspection would cause substantial injury to the public interest, deny inspection temporarily and seek court approval in accordance with General Provisions Article, §4-358, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Sociological Information.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except for use in carrying out a custodian's governmental functions, a custodian may not disclose under the Act, and shall deny a request for inspection or copying of, any part of a public record that contains sociological information relating to an individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A custodian may disclose sociological information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>To the person in interest or the agent or representative of the person in interest;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pursuant to a duly issued subpoena;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Pursuant to a court order; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If disclosure is otherwise required by law.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Entry Into Log. On disposition of a written request, the custodian shall record in the log maintained under Regulation .04 of this chapter the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Information required by that regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Disposition of the request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>