The Parole Commission consists of seven members (a chairman and six associate members), appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the approval of the Governor and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for staggered terms of 6 years. The Chairman, from time to time designated by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the approval of the Governor, is the executive and administrative head, coordinating the assignments and duties of the other members, and directing the duties of the employees and other personnel.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109 and 7-207, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 3, 1975 (2:20 Md. R. 1301)

Amended May 8, 1978 and March 30, 1979

Regulation .22F amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1051)

Regulations .17, .18, .22, and .23 amended as an emergency provision effective November 18, 1994 (21:25 Md. R. 2094); amended permanently effective April 24, 1995 (22:8 Md. R. 596)

Regulation .17A, C amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Regulation .17C amended effective October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1168)

Regulation .18A amended effective October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1168)

Regulation .18A, C, E amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Regulation .23B amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Annotation: COMAR 12.08.01.17A cited in Hanson v. Hughes, 52 Md. App. 246 (1982)

Annotation: COMAR 12.08.01 cited in Simms v. State, 65 Md. App. 685 (1986)