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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".21" citation="COMAR 07.05.01.21" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="01" heading="Emergency Action.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If OLM finds evidence of an agency’s incompetence, misconduct, financial mismanagement, pervasive child neglect or abuse, or other conditions that pose an immediate threat to children's health and safety, OLM shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Without giving prior notice, suspend or revoke any license it has issued to the agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Notify the children’s placing agencies that they must immediately remove the children placed with the agency subject to the emergency suspension or revocation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Order the agency to cease services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Order the agency not to accept additional children for care or services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>In a letter of suspension or revocation, provide the agency with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Notice of the action taken,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The grounds for the action, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A description of the agency's appeal rights; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Inform the parties listed in Regulation .19D(2)(c) about the suspension or revocation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Once an agency license has been suspended or revoked on an emergency basis, the license may not be restored unless:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>There is a resolution favorable to the agency; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the license was emergently suspended, the identified violations are resolved within 60 days of the suspension.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>