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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-215" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration and Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person adversely affected or aggrieved by any order that the Commissioner passes under this title or any regulation that the Commissioner adopts to carry out this title may file a complaint within 30 days after issuance of the order or regulation to have it modified or set aside.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complaint filed under this subsection shall be filed in the circuit court for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Baltimore City; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the county where:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the employer has its principal office; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the violation allegedly occurred.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A copy of the complaint shall be served on the Commissioner and other affected parties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In a proceeding under this section, a court may not stay an order or regulation of the Commissioner unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the court gives the Commissioner notice and an opportunity for a hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the aggrieved person posts security and meets each other condition that the court considers proper.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court shall determine whether an order that the Commissioner passes under this title or regulation that the Commissioner adopts to carry out this title is in accordance with law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a finding of the Commissioner on a question of fact is supported by substantial evidence, the finding is conclusive.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A regulation that the Commissioner adopts to carry out this title:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be deemed prima facie lawful and reasonable; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be held invalid because of a technical defect if there is substantial compliance with this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At any appropriate time, the Commissioner may file a complaint to enforce any order that the Commissioner passes under this title or regulation that the Commissioner adopts to carry out this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complaint filed under this subsection shall be filed in the circuit court for the county where:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the alleged violation occurred; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the employer has its principal office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To the extent practicable, subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall govern proceedings under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A court shall hear a complaint under this section expeditiously.</text>
  </level>
</section>
