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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 28.01.02.03" title_num="28" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Decorum and Security.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person who presents a threat to safety or who is disrupting Office operations or an Office proceeding may be removed from the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Office proceeding;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Office facility; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Premises.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>