754                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 160

(1)  To consider the circumstances surrounding the
crime, and the physical, mental and moral qualifications
of persons who become eligible for parole;

(II) To determine whether there is reasonable
probability that the prisoner, is released on parole,
will remain at liberty without violating the laws, and
whether the release of the prisoner on parole is
compatible with the welfare of society;

(2)  To evaluate information on the activities of
parolees as reported by the Division of Parole and
Probation and to issue warrants, or to delegate the
issuance of warrants to the Director of the Division, for
the retaking of parolees who are reported to have
violated the conditions of parole or who have committed a
new offense against the law;

(3)   To make recommendations to the Governor
concerning persons whose applications for pardon or
commutation of sentence or clemency have been
investigated and reported to the Board by the Division of
Parole and Probation;

(4) To establish and modify from time to time
general policy governing the conduct of parolees[.];

(5) To arrange, in its discretion, psychiatric or
psychological examinations of applicants for parole, when
[if] IT feels such examination will better enable it to
decide on the advisability of parole. The expense for
such examination shall be included in the Board's annual
budget.

204F.

(e) When a grievance or complaint is submitted to
the Inmate Grievance Commission, the Commission, or any
member thereof or the executive director, if so provided
by the Commission's regulations, shall [preliminary]
PRELIMINARILY review the grievance or complaint. If upon
such preliminary review the grievance or complaint is
determined to be on its face wholly lacking in merit, it
may be dismissed, by the reviewing commissioners or
commissioner or executive director as the case may be,
without a hearing or without specific findings of fact.
Such order of dismissal shall be forwarded to the
complainant within 60 days after submission of the
grievance or complaint and shall constitute the final
decision of the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services for purposes of any judicial
review.