# State Government (GSG)

## Title 10. Governmental Procedures

### Subtitle 2. Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases

#### Section 10-226

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "License" means all or any part of permission that:

    (i) is required by law to be obtained from a unit;

    (ii) is not required only for revenue purposes; and

    (iii) is in any form, including:

      (1) an approval;

      (2) a certificate;

      (3) a charter;

      (4) a permit; or

      (5) a registration.

  (3) "Unit" means an officer or unit that is authorized by law to:

    (i) adopt regulations subject to Subtitle 1 of this title; or

    (ii) adjudicate contested cases under this subtitle.

(b) If, at least 2 calendar weeks before a license expires, the licensee makes sufficient application for renewal of the license, the license does not expire until:

  (1) the unit takes final action on the application; and

  (2) either:

    (i) the time for seeking judicial review of the action expires; or

    (ii) any judicial stay of the unit's final action expires.

(c)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a unit may not revoke or suspend a license unless the unit first gives the licensee:

    (i) written notice of the facts that warrant suspension or revocation; and

    (ii) an opportunity to be heard.

  (2) A unit may order summarily the suspension of a license if the unit:

    (i) finds that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action; and

    (ii) promptly gives the licensee:

      (1) written notice of the suspension, the finding, and the reasons that support the finding; and

      (2) an opportunity to be heard.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)