(a) A program participant may withdraw from program participation by submitting to the address confidentiality program manager written notification of withdrawal and his or her current identification card. Certification shall be terminated on the date of receipt of this notification.
(b) The address confidentiality program manager may terminate a program participant’s certification and invalidate his or her authorization card for any of the following reasons:
(1) The program participant’s certification term has expired and certification renewal has not been completed.
(2) The address confidentiality program manager has determined that false information was used in the application process to qualify as a program participant or that participation in the program is being used as a subterfuge to avoid detection of illegal or criminal activity or apprehension by law enforcement.
(3) The program participant no longer resides at the residential address listed on the application, and has not provided at least seven days’ prior notice in writing of a change in address.
(4) A service of process document or mail forwarded to the program participant by the address confidentiality program manager is returned as nondeliverable.
(5) The program participant obtains a legal name change and fails to notify the Secretary of State within seven days.
(c) If termination is a result of paragraph (1), (3), (4), or (5) of subdivision (b), the address confidentiality program manager shall send written notification of the intended termination to the program participant. The program participant shall have five business days in which to appeal the termination under procedures developed by the Secretary of State.
(d) The address confidentiality program manager shall notify in writing the county elections official and authorized personnel of the appropriate county clerk’s office, county recording office, and department of health of the program participant’s certification withdrawal, invalidation, expiration, or termination.
(e) Upon receipt of this termination notification, authorized personnel shall transmit to the address confidentiality program manager all appropriate administrative records pertaining to the program participant and the record transmitting agency is no longer responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of a terminated program participant’s record.
(f) Following termination of program participant certification as a result of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the address confidentiality program manager may disclose information contained in the participant’s application.