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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-1012" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Uninsured Employers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Director shall notify an employer by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the license or permit of the employer to do business in the State may be suspended if the employer fails to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reimburse the Fund for payment of an award under § 9–1002 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay an assessment under this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>pay a penalty ordered under § 9–407 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Director shall send a copy of the notice to each State, county, or municipal unit that has issued a license or permit to the employer for an activity for which workers’ compensation coverage is required by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 15 days after receipt of the notice, the licensing unit shall provide the employer with the notice and opportunity for a hearing as otherwise may be required by law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If law requires the licensing unit to hold a hearing, the licensing unit shall send written notice of the hearing date to the Director.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The licensing unit shall suspend the license or permit of the employer if the licensing unit finds that the employer has failed to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reimburse the Fund for payment of an award under § 9–1002 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay an assessment under this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>pay a penalty ordered under § 9–407 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A suspension of a license or permit under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall continue until the employer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reimburses the Fund for payment of an award under § 9–1002 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pays the assessment due to the Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>pays a penalty due to the Fund; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>agrees to reimburse the Fund for payment of an award or to pay the assessment and the penalty due to the Fund in a manner approved by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
