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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 12.11.10.10" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="10" heading="Penalties and Sanctions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Secretary may deny an application for a license, suspend or revoke a license, or reprimand a licensee, for reasons including, but not limited to, the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee commits any act or fails to act as specified in Business Occupations and Professions Article, §20-314, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee violates any federal, State, or local law or regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee fails to perform any order of the court pertaining to a monitored individual;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any partner, director, officer, or monitor of an applicant or licensee is not of good character and reputation for reasons including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conviction of a felony,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Violation of the laws or regulations governing monitoring agencies;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee provides to the Secretary a false or misleading statement or document;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee fails to meet the minimum standards of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The applicant or licensee, or any employee of the applicant or licensee, has a relationship with a monitored individual that could reasonably result in reduced public confidence in the integrity of private home detention monitoring.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Procedures for Denying a License to an Applicant, Suspending or Revoking a License, or Reprimanding a Licensee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A complaint shall be initiated by the Secretary or made to the Secretary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A complaint shall be in writing, signed by the complainant, and shall state the facts on which the complaint is based.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A complaint to the Secretary shall be made under oath by the complainant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>On receipt of a complaint, the Secretary shall investigate the complaint.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>At the conclusion of the investigation, the Secretary shall determine whether there is a reasonable basis for grounds for denial of a license or other penalty. If there is no reasonable basis, the complaint shall be dismissed by the Secretary with notice to the complainant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Notice of Action To Be Taken.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>On the basis of the allegation of a complaint which is not dismissed under this regulation, the Secretary shall determine the appropriate action and shall send by U.S. mail a notice to the applicant or licensee that action shall be taken unless the applicant or licensee submits, within 30 days of the date of the notice, a written request for a hearing.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The notice shall include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A copy of the complaint;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A reference to a pertinent law or regulation, or both;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The action to be taken; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>A copy of COMAR 12.11.04.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If a written request for a hearing is not received by the Secretary within 30 days of the date of the notice, the Secretary shall take the action specified in the notice.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If a written request for a hearing is received by the Secretary within 30 days of the date of the notice, the matter shall proceed in accordance with COMAR 12.11.04.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>