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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 4
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(4) A unit or instrumentality that has 2 or more sets of personal records
may combine the personal records in the report only if the character of the personal
records is highly similar.
(5) The Secretary of General Services shall adopt regulations that
govern the form and method of reporting under this subsection.
(6) The annual report shall be available for public inspection.
[(c)] (E) The official custodian may permit inspection of personal records for
which inspection otherwise is not authorized by a person who is engaged in a research
project if:
(1) the researcher submits to the official custodian a written request
that:
(i) describes the purpose of the research project;
(ii) describes the intent, if any, to publish the findings;
(iii) describes the nature of the requested personal records;
(iv) describes the safeguards that the researcher would take to
protect the identity of the persons in interest; and
(v) states that persons in interest will not be contacted unless the
official custodian approves and monitors the contact;
(2) the official custodian is satisfied that the proposed safeguards will
prevent the disclosure of the identity of persons in interest; and
(3) the researcher makes an agreement with the unit or instrumentality
that:
(i) defines the scope of the research project;
(ii) sets out the safeguards for protecting the identity of the persons
in interest; and
(iii) states that a breach of any condition of the agreement is a
breach of contract.
10-633.
(a) Each unit of the State government shall have a program for the continual,
economical, and efficient management of the records of the unit.
(b) The program shall include procedures:
(1) TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE RECORDS;
[(1)](2) to establish and to revise, in accordance with the regulations,
record retention and disposal schedules that ensure the prompt and orderly
disposition of records that the unit no longer needs for its operation; and
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