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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 09.10.04.06" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="04" heading="Adjudicatory Hearings.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Not less than 7 days before conducting an adjudicatory hearing, the Commission, through its Executive Director, shall send a written notice to the individual who is the subject of the hearing which shall contain:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date, time, place, and nature of the hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The authority of the Commission to hold the hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The pertinent hearing and regulatory sections under which the Commission is taking its action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A concise and simple statement of the facts that are asserted;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The potential penalty;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An advisement regarding the individual's right to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be represented by an attorney who is admitted, or specially admitted, to practice law in this State,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Call witnesses and submit evidence,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Request subpoenas for witnesses and documents, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Request a copy of the hearing procedures; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A statement that the failure to appear for a scheduled hearing may result in an adverse action against the individual.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commission may, in its discretion:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Grant a stay of an order of the stewards or judges pending a hearing before the Commission; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Suspend the license of an individual who is charged pending a hearing on the charges.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A hearing on the charges shall be held as promptly as possible, with due regard to the rights of the licensee charged, if the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Declines to grant a stay of the suspension, as provided in §B(1) of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Suspends the license of an individual charged pending a hearing on the charges, as provided in §B(2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Commission shall provide for the making of an official record of the hearing, which shall include testimony and exhibits, but, unless required for purposes of rehearing or court review, a transcription of the testimony may not be required.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>At the hearing, an applicant or a licensee who may be affected by a decision of the Commission shall be given the opportunity to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be represented by counsel;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be confronted with the evidence on which a charge is based;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Cross-examine witnesses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Testify; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Produce testimony and evidence relevant to the issues involved.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A licensee may be subject to the suspension or revocation of a license held if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>While under oath in a hearing, the licensee gives false or misleading statements of a relevant nature; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except in the proper exercise of a legal privilege, the licensee fails to testify after proper notice.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>When an adjudicatory hearing is conducted by a hearing committee under Business Regulation Article, §11-310, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the decision of the hearing committee is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Unanimous, the decision of the hearing committee is final and shall bind the entire Commission;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Not unanimous, a de novo hearing on the matter shall be conducted by a quorum of the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>