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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 10.44.07.12" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="07" heading="Case Resolution Conference.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>After service of charges or notice of initial denial, the Board shall offer a respondent the opportunity for a case resolution conference.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At any other time during disciplinary proceedings, the Board may offer or the respondent may request a case resolution conference to discuss a disciplinary matter. The Board may grant or deny the respondent's request.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Matters admitted, revealed, negotiated, or otherwise discussed at a case resolution conference are without prejudice and may not be used by the respondent, administrative prosecutor, or the Board in any subsequent proceedings, unless the information is otherwise discovered or available through another source.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The recommendations of the case resolution conference committee are not binding on the Board, which may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accept a proposed settlement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Modify a proposed settlement; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Reject the proposed settlement and require the respondent to proceed to a hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If the respondent and the administrative prosecutor are unable to reach an agreement for settlement, the case resolution conference committee may offer a proposed settlement agreement to the parties.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>If either the respondent or administrative prosecutor disagrees with the recommendation of the case resolution conference committee, either party may elect to proceed to a hearing in the matter regardless of whether the Board has ratified the recommendation of the case resolution conference committee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Participation in a case resolution conference is not ordinarily a basis for recusal of a Board member, Board counsel, or Board prosecutor from further proceedings in a case.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>