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§ 10-207. Notice of agency action

MD State Govt Code § 10-207 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency’s action.

(b)    The notice shall:

(1)    state concisely and simply:

(i)    the facts that are asserted; or

(ii)    if the facts cannot be stated in detail when the notice is given, the issues that are involved;

(2)    state the pertinent statutory and regulatory sections under which the agency is taking its action;

(3)    state the sanction proposed or the potential penalty, if any, as a result of the agency’s action;

(4)    unless a hearing is automatically scheduled, state that the recipient of notice of an agency’s action may have an opportunity to request a hearing, including:

(i)    what, if anything, a person must do to receive a hearing; and

(ii)    all relevant time requirements; and

(5)    state the direct consequences, sanction, potential penalty, if any, or remedy of the recipient’s failure to exercise in a timely manner the opportunity for a hearing or to appear for a scheduled hearing.

(c)    The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle.

(d)    For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.

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