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<chapter num="05" heading="Hearing Regulations" title_num="09" subtitle_num="36">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Contested Case Hearings.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Except as provided in §§B and C of this regulation, all contested case hearings before the Commission are governed by COMAR 09.01.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Contested case hearings before the Commission shall be conducted before the Home Inspector Hearing Board in accordance with Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§16-210.1 and 16-211, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>In accordance with Business Occupations and Professions Article, §16-211(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Commission or any of its members may file an exception to the decision of the Hearing Board within 15 days after the filing of the Hearing Board's decision.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>If a timely exception under §C of this regulation is filed, the Commission shall set the matter in for a hearing before the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>All contested hearings delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings are governed by COMAR 09.01.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, § 16-216, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: March 15, 2004 (31:5 Md. R. 448)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>