- A. Scope. This regulation applies only to forms that the Retirement Agency permits a participant to submit in an electronic format to the Retirement Agency through the secure access participant portal.
- B. The Retirement Agency may establish a secure access participant portal and specify the registration and authentication requirements that participants must satisfy in order to access and use the secure access participant portal.
- C. A participant may submit a form through the secure access participant portal by properly completing submission and affixing an electronic signature in the manner and format required by the Retirement Agency.
- D. Except when Division II of the State Personnel and Pensions Article requires notarization, and notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a participant who submits a form through the secure access participant portal and satisfies its authentication requirements is not required to have the form acknowledged by a notary public.
Authority: State Personnel and Pensions Article, §§21-108 and 21-110, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: January 1, 1996 (22:26 Md. R. 2031)
Effective January 1, 1996, all of Title 22 was repealed and completely new regulations adopted. Codification and organization of the title were also completely changed. Consequently, the administrative histories of the revised Title 22 do not reflect regulatory activity before January 1, 1996. Refer to the old version of Title 22 or contact the Maryland State Archives for assistance.
Regulation .01B amended effective November 30, 1998 (25:24 Md. R. 1774); September 6, 1999 (26:18 Md. R. 1377); December 10, 2001 (28:24 Md. R. 2130)
Regulation .01 amended effective February 11, 2019 (46:3 Md. R. 108)
Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective February 11, 2019 (46:3 Md. R. 108)