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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 10.44.07.15" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="07" heading="Hearings on Charges or Notice of Initial Denial.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board may delegate its authority to hear contested cases to the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>