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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 16-308 Suspension without notice.">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-308" heading="Suspension without notice.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Order of immediate suspension.">If the Commissioner considers it necessary and in the interest of public health and safety because of exigent circumstances where public health and safety are under imminent threat, the Commissioner may issue an order of immediate suspension to a licensee without having first issued a violation notice under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§16-301"&gt;§ 16-301 {“Notice of Violation”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Content.">An order issued under this section:<para num="(1)">must cite the violation;</para>
      <para num="(2)">must specify the corrective action to be taken and the time within which that action must be taken; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">may order all of the licensee’s operations to be discontinued immediately.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Opportunity for hearing.">The notice must also state that a hearing will be provided to the licensee under Title 2, Subtitle 3 {“Administrative Hearings”} of &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, if one is requested.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-440</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
