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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 13A.18.15.03" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="15" heading="Hearing Requests.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A hearing shall be held when:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant or provider requests a hearing to contest:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The denial of an application for registration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A revocation or suspension of a registration; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any other action that adversely impacts on registration, including, but not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The setting of a provider's capacity at a number below that requested;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A reduction in capacity; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A limitation on the ages or numbers of children who may be admitted to the child care home;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual requests a hearing to contest the imposition of civil penalties for providing unregistered child care or advertising family child care services without a valid large family child care certificate of registration; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An individual requests a hearing to contest the prohibition of employment at a large family child care home.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Nonemergency Action Hearing Requests.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All nonemergency action hearing requests shall be forwarded in writing to the Office and shall state the name and address of the provider or the individual contesting the imposition of a civil penalty, and the effective date and nature of the action appealed from.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A hearing request shall be filed not later than 20 days after the date of the notice of the action taken by the Office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Office shall forward a hearing request to the Office of Administrative Hearings within 10 days of the filing date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A hearing decision shall be rendered by the Office of Administrative Hearings within 90 days of the filing date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Any nonemergency action is stayed if a hearing request is timely filed, unless the action is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A revocation which immediately follows an emergency suspension period; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A denial which follows the expiration of the provisional period of a registration that was issued on a provisional basis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Emergency Action Hearing Requests.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All emergency action hearing requests shall be filed with the Office within 30 days of the hand-delivery of the notice of the Office's action, and shall state the name and address of the provider, and the effective date and action appealed from.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Office shall notify the Office of Administrative Hearings at once upon receipt of an emergency action hearing request. Oral notification shall be followed by written notification within 24 hours.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A hearing shall be conducted within 7 days of the filing date of the hearing request.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A decision by the administrative law judge shall be rendered within 7 days after the conclusion of the hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The filing of a hearing request may not stay an emergency action.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>