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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-325" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner shall pass an order that grants an employer a temporary variance if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the employer submits an application in accordance with §§ 5-319 and 5-320 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the employer gives notice to employees in accordance with § 5-321(a) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Commissioner holds any hearing required under § 5-322(a) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Commissioner determines that the employer has met the requirements of § 5-323(a) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner shall pass an order that grants an employer a permanent variance if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the employer submits an appropriate application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the employer gives notice to employees in accordance with § 5-321(b) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Commissioner holds a hearing and conducts an appropriate inspection under § 5-322(b) of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Commissioner determines that the employer has met the requirements of § 5-323(b) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each order for a temporary or permanent variance shall specify the conditions the employer must maintain and the means, methods, practices, procedures, and operations to the extent that they differ from those required under the regulation or part of a regulation from which the variance is granted.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each order for a temporary variance shall state, in detail, the program that the employer is to follow to come into compliance with the regulation or part from which the temporary variance is granted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
