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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 14.17.22.10" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="22" heading="Final Determination.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A Notice of Agency Action becomes a final decision or order if a request for a hearing is not made timely.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Administration may delegate to an Administrative Law Judge responsibility to make:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Proposed findings of fact;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Proposed findings of fact and proposed conclusions of law; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Proposed findings of fact, proposed conclusions of law, and proposed disposition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the Administration does not preside over hearing, it may make changes, modifications, or amendments to the proposed decision in accordance with State Government Article, §10-216, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The notice of final determination issued by an Administration hearing officer shall summarize:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Findings of fact and conclusions of law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any adjustments to the determination of fines or penalties and the reasons for the Administration’s action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The deadline for payment of a fine or penalty; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>In the case that the Administration orders a suspension or revocation of a license as a result of a hearing, the reason for the Administration's action.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The final determination exhausts all administrative remedies.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>