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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 36.07.04.10" title_num="36" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Surveillance Operating Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit to the Commission for review and written approval its surveillance operating procedures.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator’s surveillance operating procedures shall, at a minimum, require:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Coverage of all areas and transactions enumerated in Regulation .09;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contingency plans addressing:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Full and partial failure of the surveillance system including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A contact list with telephone numbers for individuals required to be notified in the event of a failure; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Facility closure protocols; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Planned shutdown of the surveillance system;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A surveillance incident log:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintained in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A book with bound numbered pages that cannot be readily removed; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An electronic format equipped with software that prevents modification of an entry after it has been initially entered into the system; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Documenting the scheduled coverage in §B(1) of this regulation and all other non-routine surveillance activity, such as:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The date and time surveillance is commenced;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The name of the individual initiating, performing, or supervising the surveillance;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The reason for the surveillance;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Whether the suspicious activity involves an alleged regulatory violation or criminal activity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>The name, if known, alias or description of an individual being monitored;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>A description of the activity in which the individual being monitored is engaged;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>A reading on a meter, counter or device that identifies the point on the video recording at which the event was recorded;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>The time at which a video recording is commenced and terminated, if different than when surveillance is commenced or terminated;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>The date and time surveillance is terminated;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(x)">
          <text>A summary of the results of the surveillance; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(xi)">
          <text>A description of the time, date and cause of any equipment or camera malfunction which occurred during the conduct of surveillance;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator may not implement a change or amendment in its surveillance system or surveillance operating procedures approved by the Commission without the prior written approval of the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>