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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-602" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel -- Right to Judicial Review">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employee, county, or municipal corporation aggrieved by a final decision may obtain judicial review of that decision through an appeal filed in a circuit court of appropriate venue.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An appeal under subsection (a) of this section shall be taken in accordance with Maryland Rules 7–201 through 7–210.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any party that is aggrieved by a final judgment of a circuit court under this subtitle may appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland in the manner provided by law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In an appeal under subsection (a) of this section, the circuit court may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>remand the case for further proceedings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>affirm the final decision; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>reverse or modify the decision if any substantial right of the petitioner may have been prejudiced because a finding, conclusion, or decision:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is unconstitutional;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>exceeds the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the final decision maker;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>results from an unlawful practice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is affected by any other error of law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is unsupported by competent, material, and substantial evidence in light of the entire record as submitted; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>is arbitrary and capricious.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
