Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Subtitle 14 - COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS
Chapter 12.14.01 - Administrative Procedures
Section 12.14.01.05 - Post-Audit Activities

A. The audit team leader shall review and discuss the audit results with the Executive Director before formalization of the findings.

B. The audit team leader shall issue a report to the managing official for review and comment within 30 days of completion of the audit.

C. The Executive Director shall submit the final report and compliance plan to the Commission for consideration and approval within 60 days of completion of the audit.

D. The Executive Director shall disseminate the final report and compliance plan to the specified distribution within 15 days of the Commission's approval.

E. The Commission staff shall routinely monitor the approved compliance plan.

F. The managing official shall submit a written request to the Commission for modification of the compliance deadlines, when initial plans for corrective action cannot be met, for formal consideration at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting.

G. If approved, the Commission shall issue a revised plan for corrective action.

H. If disapproved, the Commission may conduct a hearing according to established procedures to determine whether certain facility functions, operations, or practices should be limited or discontinued, the facility closed, or other appropriate actions taken.

I. The Executive Director shall recommend to the Commission, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the presentation of the recognition of achievement award to a facility which has attained total compliance within 1 year of the approval of the compliance plan.

J. For a facility which does not achieve 100 percent compliance within 1 year, Commission staff shall continue to monitor the correction of noted deficiencies until the next scheduled audit.