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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 16.02.01.04" title_num="16" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="01" heading="Revocation of Delegation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Criteria. The Secretary may revoke all or part of a delegation previously made to the OAH if the Secretary believes that the case might:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Involve novel or unanticipated factual or legal issues;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have significant social or fiscal consequences;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Involve policy issues of general applicability; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be likely to have precedential value.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Timing. The revocation may be made at any time before the earlier of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The issuance of a ruling on a substantive issue; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The taking of oral testimony from the first witness.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Notice.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Secretary shall provide written notice of a revocation to all parties and the OAH.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The written notice shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Contain a brief statement of the reason for the revocation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Specify whether all or part of the delegation to hear the case is revoked; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If less than all of the delegation is revoked, specify the parts of the contested case for which the delegation has been revoked.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Decision; Record.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Secretary's subsequent decision in the case shall reflect the fact that delegation to the OAH was revoked.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A copy of the revocation notice shall be made a part of the record.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>