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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.43.15.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="43" chapter_num="15" heading="Worksheet.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall complete a sanctions worksheet after considering each disciplinary matter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The sanctions worksheet shall, at a minimum:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Briefly summarize the conduct that constituted the violation or violations meriting action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identify the severity of the conduct;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Describe other factors that the Board considered in determining the recommended sanctions imposed including but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Aggravating factors as outlined in Regulation .05 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Mitigating factors as outlined in Regulation .05 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Prior disciplinary history; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Identify the recommended sanctions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board’s summary of the conduct that constituted the violation or violations need not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be exhaustive; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include every violation meriting action by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The existence of one or more aggravating or mitigating factors contained in Regulation .05 of this chapter does not impose on the Board any requirement to make findings of fact or to articulate its reasoning for not exercising its discretion to impose a sanction outside the range of sanctions.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A copy of the sanctions worksheet may be obtained by the respondent or the respondent's legal representative.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>