COMAR 28.02.01 applies to all proceedings before the Department of State Police in which the legal rights, duties, statutory entitlements, or privileges of specific parties are required by law or constitutional right to be determined after a Departmental hearing. COMAR 28.02.01 does not apply to: Personnel grievance hearings, conferences, informal investigations, or other proceedings in which hearings are not required by law; or Proceedings before the Department for which specific regulations governing the hearings have been adopted. State Government Article, §§10-205, 10-206, 10-208, 10-218, and 10-122; Public Safety Article, §2-205; Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: February 24, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 295)