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<chapter num="02" heading="Hearing Regulations" title_num="09" subtitle_num="13">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Hearings Before the Board.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in §§B and C of this regulation, all contested case hearings before the Board shall be governed by COMAR 09.01.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The administrative unit shall send the hearing notice described in COMAR 09.01.02.07B:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>At least 30 days before the hearing; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>If the parties have agreed to a date for which 30 days notice cannot be given, at the earliest time possible.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>During the hearing, the presiding officer may recognize members of the Board or counsel to the Board to ask questions of witnesses or of counsel.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The Board may call witnesses of its own or recall witnesses to elicit facts or opinions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Hearings Delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings.">
    <text>All contested case hearings delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be governed by COMAR 09.01.03.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Complaint Committee.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The presiding officer shall appoint one professional Board member and one consumer Board member to constitute the complaint committee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The complaint committee shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Review all complaints filed with the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Make a recommendation to the full Board on the disposition of each matter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Before making a recommendation on a complaint, the complaint committee may request that the Department perform an investigation to obtain additional information. After receipt of this information, the committee shall make a recommendation to the full Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§15-208(a) and 15-320, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: August 25, 1978 (5:17 Md. R. 1328)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01 and .02 General Hearing Regulations repealed and new Regulations .01—.03 Hearing Regulations adopted effective August 4, 2003 (30:15 Md. R. 991)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>