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<chapter num="01" heading="General Regulations" title_num="09" subtitle_num="36">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Time Limitations for Filing Complaints.">
    <text>The Commission may summarily dismiss any complaint brought against a licensee after 3 years from the date of the home inspection report from which the complaint arises, unless the Commission finds that the complainant's delay in bringing the complaint was justified and that the delay does not result in an undue burden for the licensee.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Correspondence with the Commission.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>If an applicant or licensee receives from the Commission a written communication requesting a response, the applicant or licensee shall respond in writing within 30 days of the date of the mailing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Commission shall send a written communication by first-class mail to the last address furnished to the Commission by the applicant or registrant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>It is the responsibility of an applicant or licensee to notify the Commission in writing if there has been a change in an applicant’s or licensee’s address.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Failure to respond as required by this regulation may be considered by the Commission to be a violation of Business Occupations and Professions Article, §16-701.1(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§16-216, 16-220, 16-601, and 16-701.1(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: January 7, 2013 (39:26 Md. R. 1664)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 adopted effective January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 11)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>