# COMAR Title 28 — Office of Administrative Hearings

## Subtitle 01 — Administration

### Chapter 02 — Security and Decorum

#### Regulation .03 Decorum and Security.

*COMAR 28.01.02.03*

A. Parties, their authorized representatives, witnesses, and other persons present at an Office proceeding shall conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the standards of decorum commonly observed in a court.

B. Disrespectful, disorderly, disruptive, contemptuous, vulgar, or violent conduct or language, refusal to comply with directions, or continued use of dilatory tactics constitutes grounds for immediate exclusion from an Office proceeding.

C. A person who presents a threat to safety or who is disrupting Office operations or an Office proceeding may be removed from the:

  (1) Office proceeding;

  (2) Office facility; or

  (3) Premises.