The Commission may not be bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by any technical or formal rules or procedures other than as provided in these regulations.

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)