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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.38.05.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="38" chapter_num="05" heading="Summary Suspensions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall order the summary suspension of a license if the Board determines that there is a substantial likelihood that a licensee poses a risk of harm to the public health, safety, or welfare.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Based on information gathered in an investigation or otherwise provided to the Board, the Board may vote to issue:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A notice of an intent to summarily suspend a license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An order of summary suspension.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the Board votes to issue a notice of intent to summarily suspend or an order of summary suspension, the Board shall refer the matter to an administrative prosecutor for prosecution.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Service of the notice of intent to summarily suspend a license shall be made by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Hand delivery in person to the respondent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Certified mail to the address the respondent is required to maintain with the Board; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other reasonable means to effect service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Notice of Intent to Summarily Suspend.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A notice of intent to summarily suspend a license shall include, but is not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A proposed order of summary suspension which is unexecuted by the Board and which includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The statutory authority on which the action has been taken;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Allegations of fact which the Board believes demonstrate a substantial likelihood that the licensee poses a risk of harm to the public health, safety, or welfare; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Notice to the respondent of the right to request an evidentiary hearing of the summary suspension if the Board executes the proposed order of summary suspension; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An order or summons to appear before the Board:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>To show cause why the Board should not execute the order of summary suspension; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Which notifies the respondent of the consequences of failing to appear.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Predeprivation Hearing.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the Board issues a notice of intent to summarily suspend a license, the Board shall offer the respondent the opportunity to appear before the Board to show cause why the respondent’s license should not be summarily suspended.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The show cause hearing shall be a nonevidentiary hearing to provide the parties with an opportunity for oral argument on the proposed summary suspension.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The presiding officer:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Shall determine all procedural issues;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>May impose reasonable time limits on each party’s oral argument; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Shall make any rulings reasonably necessary to facilitate the effective and efficient operation of the show cause hearing.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Order of Summary Suspension.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board may order the summary suspension of a license without first issuing a notice of intent to summarily suspend or providing a respondent with a predeprivation hearing if the Board determines that the threat to public health, safety, and welfare requires the immediate suspension of the license.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Post-Deprivation Hearing.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The respondent shall be provided with a show cause hearing within a reasonable time after the effective date of the order of summary suspension.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The show cause hearing pursuant to §F(2)(a) of this regulation shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Be conducted before the Board as provided in §E(2) of this regulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Provide the respondent with an opportunity to show cause why the Board should lift the summary suspension.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>After a show cause hearing, if the Board votes to continue the summary suspension, the respondent may request an evidentiary hearing before the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An evidentiary hearing:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May be consolidated with a hearing on charges issued by the Board which include the facts which form the basis for the summary suspension; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shall be conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Disposition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the Board issues a notice of intent to summarily suspend a license, the Board may, after the show cause hearing, vote to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Order a summary suspension;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Deny the summary suspension;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Enter into a consent order; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Enter into any interim order warranted by the circumstances of the case, including one providing for the stay of the summary suspension subject to certain conditions.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the Board orders a summary suspension before a show cause hearing, the Board may, at the conclusion of the show cause hearing, vote to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Affirm its order of summary suspension;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Rescind the order of summary suspension;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Enter into a consent order; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Enter into any interim order warranted by the circumstances of the case, including one providing for a stay of the summary suspension subject to certain conditions.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An order for summary suspension or any other order of the Board issued after the initiation of summary suspension proceedings is a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Final order of the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public record.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>