# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 44 — Board of Dental Examiners

### Chapter 07 — Rules of Procedure for the Disciplinary Process

#### Regulation .15 Hearings on Charges or Notice of Initial Denial.

*COMAR 10.44.07.15*

A. Hearings shall be conducted under the contested case provision of State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2 and Health Occupations Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. The Board may delegate its authority to hear contested cases to the Office of Administrative Hearings.

C. Proceedings are closed to the public and all records, including the recommended decision, are confidential and shall be sealed except as otherwise provided in a final Board order or as provided by law.

D. If a matter has been delegated to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the administrative law judge presiding over the proceedings shall issue to the Board a recommended decision containing proposed findings of fact, proposed conclusions of law, a proposed sanction, or any combination of them under the Board's delegation.