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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-328" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the Commission may order summarily the suspension of the license of a licensee if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fails to account promptly for any money held in trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on demand, fails to display to the Commission all records, books, and accounts of any money held in trust;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States or of any state; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>within 10 days after the conviction or within 10 days following release from incarceration as a result of the conviction, whichever is later, fails to disclose to the Commission that the licensee has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States or of any state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may order summarily a suspension under this section only if the Commission gives the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>written notice of the suspension and the finding on which the suspension is based; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>after the summary suspension is effective, an opportunity to be heard promptly before the Commission or, as provided under § 17–326 of this subtitle, before a hearing board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A summary suspension ordered by the Commission under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may start immediately or at any later date, as set by the order; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall continue until:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the licensee complies with the conditions set forth by the Commission in its order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Commission orders a different disposition after a hearing held under this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Rather than order summarily a suspension of a license under this section, the Commission may elect not to suspend the license until after the licensee is given an opportunity for a hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commission elects to give the licensee an opportunity for a hearing before suspending the license for the grounds set forth in this section, the Commission shall give notice and hold the hearing in the same manner as required under § 17–324 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
