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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-211" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission shall refer to the appropriate hearing board for a hearing any matter for which a hearing may be required under § 16–701, § 16–701.1, or § 16–701.2 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The hearing board may exercise the same powers and shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the same procedures applicable to the Commission under § 16–602 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The hearing board shall determine if there is a reasonable basis to believe that there are grounds for disciplinary action under this title against a licensee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the hearing board finds a reasonable basis as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hearing board shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>hold a hearing on the matter; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>file its finding with the Commission.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the hearing board does not find a reasonable basis as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hearing board shall dismiss the complaint.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A hearing board shall advise the Commission specifically of any action brought against a licensee as a result of monetary loss, misappropriation of money, or fraud.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Within 15 days after the filing of a decision by a hearing board, the Commission or any of its members may file an exception to the decision of the hearing board.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On the filing of an exception under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Commission shall set a hearing on the matter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an exception is not filed within the time allowed under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the decision of the hearing board shall be considered as the final decision of the Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any party aggrieved by the decision may take a judicial appeal as provided in this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
