Maryland Register, Volume 51, Issue 16, August 9, 2024

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Library: Maryland Register
• Published date: 09 August 2024
• Year: 2024

Maryland Register

Issue Date: August 9, 2024

Volume 51 • Issue 16 • Pages 733 — 768

IN THIS ISSUE

Governor

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Pursuant to State Government Article, §7-206, Annotated Code of Maryland, this issue contains all previously unpublished documents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 July 22, 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 July 22, 2024.

Gail S. Klakring

Acting Administrator, Division of State Documents

Office of the Secretary of State

Information About the Maryland Register and COMAR

MARYLAND REGISTER

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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.

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• Governor’s Executive Orders

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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.

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

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Documents incorporated by reference are available for inspection in various depository libraries located throughout the State and at the Division

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to the Maryland Register in which the change occurred. The Maryland Register serves as a temporary supplement to COMAR, and the two publications

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

Annotated Code of Maryland):

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Comment’’ at the beginning of all regulations appearing in the Proposed Action on Regulations section of the Maryland Register). (See SG,

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(SG, Title 10, Subtitle 3)

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§10-125)

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SG, §7-213)

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Closing Dates for the Maryland Register

Schedule of Closing Dates and Issue Dates for the

Maryland Register ..................................................................... 736

COMAR Research Aids

Table of Pending Proposals ........................................................... 737

Index of COMAR Titles Affected in This Issue

COMAR Title Number and Name Page

05 Department of Housing and Community

Development .................................................................. 746

08 Department of Natural Resources ............................. 742, 748

09 Maryland Department of Labor ......................................... 742

10 Maryland Department of Health ........................................ 742

11 Department of Transportation ............................................ 743

13A State Board of Education ................................................... 743

13B Maryland Higher Education Commission ......................... 759

14 Independent Agencies ....................................................... 743

25 Office of the State Treasurer ............................................ 760

26 Department of the Environment ........................................ 744

33 State Board of Elections .................................................... 762

34 Department of Planning ..................................................... 744

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The Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2024.24

Renewal of Executive Order 01.01.2024.09 (Declaration of a

State of Emergency) ..............................................................

EXECUTIVE ORDER 01.01.2024.25

Maryland Plain Language Initiative .........................................

The Judiciary

SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS .................................. 741

Final Action on Regulations

08 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

FISHERIES SERVICE

Fishing Licenses—Point Assignment, License Revocation

and Suspension Schedule and Criteria, and Hearing

Procedure

09 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

COMMISSION OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS,

APPRAISAL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, AND

HOME INSPECTORS — HOME INSPECTORS

Minimum Standards of Practice

10 MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS

Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

POSTMORTEM EXAMINERS COMMISSION

Medical Examiner Cases ..........................................................

11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION—

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Motor Vehicle Fees ..................................................................

13A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL PERSONNEL

Terms of Employment

STUDENTS

General Regulations .................................................................

14 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

PRESCRIPTION DRUG AFFORDABILITY BOARD

Prescription Drug Affordability Fund ......................................

26 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT

RADIATION MANAGEMENT

Radiation Protection

34 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Maryland Historical Trust Historic Preservation Loan

Program

Withdrawal of Regulations