1. A. No Appeal of Board Decision Filed.

   1. (1) After 45 days from the issuance of the Board’s decision, the Board shall notify the custodian to make appropriate arrangements for the return of all records or information received by the Board pursuant to COMAR 14.02.05.03.

   2. (2) Destruction of Records or Information.

      1. (a) If a custodian fails to make arrangements for the return of records or information received by the Board pursuant to COMAR 14.02.05.03, the Board shall destroy the records or information after 90 days from the issuance of the Board’s decision.
      2. (b) Destruction of electronic records or information shall be accomplished by deleting the records or information from email and the internal network drive of the Public Access Unit.
      3. (c) Destruction of hardcopy records or information shall be accomplished by shredding the records.

2. B. Appeal of Board Decision Filed.

   1. (1) The Board shall continue to store records or information received by the Board pursuant to COMAR 14.02.05.03 according to Regulation .03 of this chapter.
   2. (2) Once the opinion of the circuit court has issued, the Board shall return or destroy the records or information received by the Board pursuant to COMAR 14.02.05.03 according to the time periods provided in §A of this regulation.

Authority: General Provisions Article, §§4-101(k), 4-1A-04(c), and 4-1A-06(b), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 13, 2022 (49:12 Md. R. 641)