# COMAR Title 05 — Department of Housing and Community Development

## Subtitle 01 — General Provisions

### Chapter 01 — Procedures for Hearings in Contested Cases

#### Regulation .08 Ex Parte Communications.

*COMAR 05.01.01.08*

A. Persons other than advisory staff may not communicate ex parte with the hearing officer or decision maker.

B. Ex parte communications received in violation of §A shall be placed in the record and disclosed to all parties who shall then have 10 days within which to rebut them.