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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="11-416" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Securities Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Requirements of Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Advisers">
  <text>An order may not be entered under any part of §§ 11-412 through 11-415 of this subtitle, except § 11-413(a), without:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Appropriate prior notice to the applicant or registrant, or person submitting a notice filing, as well as the employer or prospective employer if the applicant or registrant is an agent or investment adviser representative;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Opportunity for hearing; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Written findings of fact and conclusions of law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
