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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 18-17 Hearing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="18-17" heading="Hearing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Board to provide.">Before suspending, revoking, or denying the renewal of a license, the Board must provide the licensee with an opportunity for a hearing on the matter.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice.">At least 5 days before the hearing, the Board must notify the licensee, by certified or registered mail, of:<para num="(1)">the nature of the alleged violation; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the time and place of the hearing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Decision.">
      <para num="(1)">The Board must issue a written decision, stating its reasons, within 10 days of the hearing.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In its decision, the Board may order that the license be:<para num="(i)">suspended for a specified term of up to 90 days;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">suspended indefinitely, until the licensee gives evidence satisfactory to the Board that the condition for which the license was suspended has been corrected and will not recur;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">revoked, in which case application for reinstatement may not be made until 6 months after the revocation;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">not renewed under the same conditions as those specified above for a suspension or revocation; or</para>
        <para num="(v)">continued in full force.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-475</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
