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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-261" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Department believes that a person is violating any provision of this subtitle or any regulation adopted under this subtitle, the Department may have the person served with a written order that directs the person served to abate the violation within a time specified in the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, the Department shall give any person served with an order under this section an opportunity for a hearing before the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After a hearing under this section, the Department may affirm, modify, or withdraw the order.</text>
  </level>
</section>
