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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 36.02.02.09" title_num="36" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="02" heading="Corrective Action.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Deficiency. If the Director determines that a retailer no longer meets a license requirement of this chapter, or that there is cause for imposing sanctions under Regulation .10 of this chapter, the Director shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Assess the seriousness of the deficiency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Determine whether it is necessary to emergently suspend the retailer’s license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Determine whether to allow a retailer to submit a corrective action plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the Agency permits a retailer to submit a corrective action plan:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Evaluate the corrective action plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If acceptable to the Agency, approve the corrective action plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Determine appropriate timelines for the completion of corrective action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Conduct periodic monitoring of a retailer to assess the retailer’s progress toward remedying the deficiencies; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Recommend that the Commission impose a sanction under Regulation .10 of this chapter if a deficiency is not remedied.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Agency may determine whether to permit a retailer to submit a corrective action plan.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Corrective Action Plan.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Within 10 days of receipt of a deficiency notice under §F of this regulation, the retailer shall submit a corrective action plan to the Director for the Director’s approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Director shall review the corrective action plan and inform the retailer whether the corrective action plan is acceptable.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the retailer fails to submit an acceptable corrective action plan within the time described under §D(1) of this regulation, the Director may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provide the retailer with additional time within which to submit a revised corrective action plan; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Impose a sanction on the retailer under Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If the Director provided a retailer notice under §F of this regulation and received no timely written response, the Commission may adopt as final the Director’s decision to impose a sanction under Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Corrective Action Outcomes.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If at any time during the corrective action period the Director determines that the retailer has failed to fulfill a requirement of the corrective action plan or has made insufficient progress toward remedying a deficiency, the Director may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For good cause, extend the time for completion of a corrective action plan; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Emergently suspend the retailer’s license.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If at the end of the corrective action period the retailer has failed to adequately remedy a deficiency, the Director may impose a sanction under Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Deficiency Notice. Upon determining that corrective action is required to remedy a deficiency, the Director shall give written notice to a retailer that includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A description of the violation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A description of the possible sanctions; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The requirement for the retailer to submit a corrective action plan to the Director within a time frame established by the Director.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>