Maryland Register, Volume 51, Issue 12, June 14, 2024

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Library: Maryland Register
• Published date: 14 June 2024
• Year: 2024

Information About the Maryland Register and COMAR

MARYLAND REGISTER

  The Maryland Register is an official State publication published every other week throughout the year. A cumulative index is published

quarterly.

  The Maryland Register is the temporary supplement to the Code of Maryland Regulations. Any change to the text of regulations

published in COMAR, whether by adoption, amendment, repeal, or emergency action, must first be published in the Register.

  The following information is also published regularly in the Register:

  • Governor’s Executive Orders

  • Attorney General’s Opinions in full text

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  • State Ethics Commission Opinions in full text

  • Court Rules

  • District Court Administrative Memoranda

  • Courts of Appeal Hearing Calendars

  • Agency Hearing and Meeting Notices

  • Synopses of Bills Introduced and Enacted by the General Assembly

  • Other documents considered to be in the public interest

CITATION TO THE MARYLAND REGISTER

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• 19:8 Md. R. 815—817 (April 17, 1992) refers to Volume 19, Issue 8, pages 815—817 of the Maryland Register issued on April 17, 1992.

CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS (COMAR)

  COMAR is the official compilation of all regulations issued by agencies of the State of Maryland. The Maryland Register is COMAR’s

temporary supplement, printing all changes to regulations as soon as they occur. At least once annually, the changes to regulations printed in the

Maryland Register are incorporated into COMAR by means of permanent supplements.

CITATION TO COMAR REGULATIONS

  COMAR regulations are cited by title number, subtitle number, chapter number, and regulation number. Example: COMAR 10.08.01.03

refers to Title 10, Subtitle 08, Chapter 01, Regulation 03.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

  Incorporation by reference is a l egal device by which a document is made p art of COMAR simply by referring to it. While the text of an

incorporated document does not appear in COMAR, the provisions of the incorporated document are as fully enforceable as any other COMAR

regulation. Each regulation that proposes to incorporate a document is identified in the Maryland Register by an Editor’s Note. The

Cumulative Table of COMAR Regulations Adopted, Amended or Repealed, found online, also identifies each regulation incorporating a

Capitol Building Maryland Register

Issue Date: June 14, 2024

Volume 51 • Issue 12 • Pages 605 — 632

IN THIS ISSUE

Governor

General Assembly

Judiciary

Regulations

Special Documents

General Notices

Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, this issue contains all previously unpublished documents

required to be published, and filed on or before May May 24, 2024 5 p.m.

Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, I hereby certify that this issue contains all documents

required to be codified as of May 24, 2024.

Gail S. Klakring

Acting Administrator, Division of State Documents

Office of the Secretary of State

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document. Documents incorpor ated by reference are available for i nspection in various depository libr aries located throughout the State a nd at the

Division of State Documents . These depositories are listed in the first issue of the Maryland Register publi shed each year. For further

information, call 410-974- 2486.

HOW TO RESEARCH REGULATIONS

An Administrative History at the end of every COMAR chapter gi ves information about past changes to regulations. To determine if there have been any

subsequent changes, check the ‘‘Cumulative Table of COMAR Regulat ions Adopted, Amended, or Repealed’’ which is found online at

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/PDF/CumulativeTable.pdf. This table lists the regulations in numerical order, by their COMAR nu mber, followed by the citation

to the Maryland Register in which the change occurred. T he Maryland Register serves as a temporary supplement to COMAR, and the two publi cations must

always be used together. A Research Guide for Maryland Regulations is available. Fo r further information, call 410-260-3876.

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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN

THE REGULATION-MAKING PROCESS

  Maryland citizens and other i nterested persons may participate in the process by which administrat ive regulations are adopted, amende d,

or repealed, and may also initiate the process by which the validity and applicability of regulations is determined. Listed below are some of the

ways in which citizens may participate (references are to State Government Article (SG),

Annotated Code of Maryland):

  • By s ubmitting data or views on proposed regul ations either orally or in writing, to th e proposing agency (see ‘‘Opport unity for

Public Comment’’ at the begin ning of all regulations appearing in the Proposed Action on Regulations sectio n of the Maryland

Register). (See SG, §10-112)

  • By petitioning an ag ency to adopt, amend, or repeal regulatio ns. The agency must respond to the petition. (See SG §10-123)

  • By petitioning an agency to issue a declarato ry ruling with respect to how any regulation, order, or statute enforced by the agency

applies. (SG, Title 10, Subtitle 3)

  • By petitioning the cir cuit court for a declaratory judgment

on the validity of a regulation when it appears that the regulation interferes with or impairs the legal rights or privileges of the petitioner. (SG,

§10-125)

  • By inspecting a certified copy of any document filed with the Division of State Documents for publication in the Maryland Register.

(See SG, §7-213)

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Wes Moore, Gove rnor; Susan C. Lee, Secretary of State; Gail S. Klakring, Administrator; Mary D. MacDonald, Senior Editor, Ma ryland Register and

COMAR; Elizab eth Ramsey, Ed itor, COMAR Online, and Subsc ription Manager; Tami Cathell, Help Desk, COMAR and Maryland Regi ster Online.

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Closing Dates for the Maryland Register

Schedule of Closing Dates and Issue Dates for the

Maryland Register ..................................................................... Â 608

COMAR Research Aid s

Table of Pending Proposals ........................................................... Â 609

Index of COMAR Titles Affected in This Issue

COMAR Title Number and Name

                                                Page

08Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Department of Natural Resources ............................. Â 618, 621

10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Maryland Department of Health ........................................ Â 618

11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Department of Transportation ............................................ Â 622

12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services ..... Â 628

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The Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2024.17

Renewal of Executive Order 01. 01.2024.09 (Declaration of a

  State of Emergency)

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2024.18

(Amends Executive Order 01 .01.2023.19) Procurement

  Guidelines: Authorizi ng Project Labor Agreements for

  Large-Scale Public Work Co ntracts and Promoting

  Apprenticeship Agree ments and Community Hiring

General Assembly

SYNOPSIS NO. 4 ........................................................................