Sec. 12.15.03.04. Payment of Processing Fee

A. The Central Repository shall collect a nonrefundable fee for a a printed statement authorized under Health-General Article, §§19-1902(c) and 19-1904(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and established in COMAR 12.15.01.15.

B. Except as provided under §C of this regulation, the processing fee shall:

(1) Be paid by the program at the time the application and fingerprints are submitted by the program to the Central Repository.

(2) Except under §D of this regulation, be payable to the Central Repository in the form of:

(a) Certified check;

(b) Cashier’s check;

(c) Money order;

(d) Personal check; or

(e) Rendered by an alternative method approved in writing by the Central Repository.

C. The Central Repository may establish a separate processing fee payment procedure for a government agency or a program.

D. Payment of the processing fee for a covered individual is not required to:

(1) Update and issue a revised printed statement; or

(2) Contest a printed statement under Health-General Article, §19-1908, Annotated Code of Maryland.