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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-208" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After a hearing, the Administration may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Refuse, suspend, or revoke the license or privilege of an applicant or licensee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Rescind, continue, or modify any prior action; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Take any other action permitted by the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a decision or order of the Administration is adverse to any party to the hearing, the decision or order:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be made in accordance with § 10-221 of the State Government Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless service is waived by the party, shall be served on the party or the party’s attorney.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to § 10-209(b) and (c) of the State Government Article, and except as otherwise provided in this article, if a party fails to appear for a hearing scheduled under the Maryland Vehicle Law, the Administration may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For a hearing scheduled under § 12-203 of this subtitle, impose the sanction proposed in the notice; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a hearing scheduled under § 12-202 of this subtitle, order:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A suspension of the party’s license or privilege until the party appears for a hearing; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The imposition of any sanction proposed in the notice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
