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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-603 Suspension without notice.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-603" heading="Suspension without notice.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Order of violation and suspension.">If the Commissioner considers it necessary in the interest of public health, the Commissioner may issue an order of immediate suspension to the facility without having first issued a violation notice under &lt;cite data-path="|health|§6-601"&gt;§ 6-601 {“Notice of violation or hazard”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents.">An order issued under this section:<para num="(1)">must cite the violation or condition;</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 food service facility 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 facility 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="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §165(f)(3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
