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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 36.03.04.05" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="04" heading="Corrective Action Plan.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If the Director directs staff to implement a corrective action plan with a licensee, agency staff shall give written notice to a licensee that includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A description of the alleged violation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A description of the possible sanctions; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The requirement for the licensee to submit a corrective action plan to the Director.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contents of Corrective Action Plan.  A corrective action plan shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Periodic monitoring or progress reports;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Timelines for completing corrective action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Implementation of measures to guard against recurrence of the alleged violation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any other measures necessary to resolve the alleged violation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Time for Implementing a Corrective Action Plan.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Within 10 days of receipt of a notice under §A of this regulation, the licensee shall submit a corrective action plan to the Director, or the Director’s designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Director, or the Director’s designee, shall review the corrective action plan and inform the licensee whether the corrective action plan is acceptable.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the corrective action plan is acceptable, the licensee shall execute it immediately.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the corrective action plan is not acceptable, the licensee shall submit a revised plan immediately.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the licensee fails to submit an acceptable corrective action plan within the time described under §C(1) of this regulation, the Director may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provide the licensee with additional time within which to submit a revised corrective action plan; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Initiate proceedings before the Commission for imposition of a penalty or sanction on the licensee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If the Director, or the Director’s designee, provided a licensee with a notice under §A of this regulation and did not receive a timely written response, the Commission may adopt a recommendation by the Director for imposition of a penalty or sanction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Corrective Action Plan Outcome.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>After a licensee has completed, to the satisfaction of the Director or the Director’s designee, a corrective action plan, the alleged violation is resolved, except that the alleged violation may be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The basis of a subsequent corrective action plan, settlement, penalty, or sanction if a similar violation occurs; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Raised during a Commission hearing as part of the agency’s enforcement record for the licensee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If at any time during the corrective action period the Director, or the Director’s designee, determines that the licensee has made insufficient progress toward fulfilling a requirement of the corrective action plan, 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>Initiate proceedings before the Commission for imposition of a penalty or sanction on the licensee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If at the end of the corrective action period the licensee has failed to satisfactorily complete the corrective action plan, the Director may initiate proceedings before the Commission for imposition of a penalty or sanction on the licensee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>