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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-203" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Legislative Branch of the State government or an agency of the Legislative Branch;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Judicial Branch of the State government or an agency of the Judicial Branch;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the following agencies of the Executive Branch of the State government:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Governor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Department of Assessments and Taxation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Insurance Administration except as specifically provided in the Insurance Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Maryland Parole Commission of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Public Service Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Maryland Tax Court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the State Workers’ Compensation Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>the Patuxent Institution Board of Review, when acting on a parole request;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an officer or unit not part of a principal department of State government that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is created by or pursuant to the Maryland Constitution or general or local law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>operates in only 1 county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is subject to the control of a local government or is funded wholly or partly from local funds;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>unemployment insurance claim determinations, tax determinations, and appeals in the Maryland Department of Labor except as specifically provided in Subtitle 5A of Title 8 of the Labor and Employment Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other entity otherwise expressly exempted by statute.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This subtitle does apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the property tax assessment appeals boards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>as to requests for correction of certificates of death under § 5–310(d)(2) of the Health – General Article, the office of the Chief Medical Examiner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A public hearing required or provided for by statute or regulation before an agency takes a particular action is not an agency hearing under § 10–202(d) of this subtitle unless the statute or regulation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>expressly requires that the public hearing be held in accordance with this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>expressly requires that any judicial review of the agency determination following the public hearing be conducted in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, this subtitle does apply to a contested case that arises from a State program administered by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services in the same manner as the subtitle applies to a county health department or local department of social services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of this subtitle, the Office of the Attorney General, after consultation with the County Attorney for Montgomery County, shall determine if the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services administers a State program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subsection is not intended to extend or limit the authority of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services to administer State programs in the manner of a county health department or local department of social services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
