# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 18 — Large Family Child Care Homes

### Chapter 15 — Administrative Hearings

#### Regulation .04 Preliminary Conference.

*COMAR 13A.18.15.04*

A. A preliminary conference may be held before a hearing on an action if an appellant requests the conference.

B. The conference is optional and does not replace the hearing process.

C. The conference may be attended by a representative of the Office, the appellant, and the appellant's representative.

D. The conference may lead to an informal resolution of the dispute. However, a hearing shall be held unless one of the parties submits a written withdrawal of the hearing request to the Office of Administrative Hearings.