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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 30.02.06.17" title_num="30" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="06" heading="Failure to Attend Hearing and Default.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If, after receiving notice, a party fails to attend a prehearing conference, hearing, or other scheduled proceeding, the EMS Board may issue a final decision or the administrative law judge may issue a proposed decision, as appropriate, against the defaulting party.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 7 days after service of a default order, the party may file a written motion:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Requesting that the default order be vacated or modified; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Stating the grounds for the request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the EMS Board or administrative law judge, as appropriate, finds that there is a substantial and sufficient basis for an actual controversy on the merits and that there is good cause to excuse the default, the EMS Board or administrative law judge, as appropriate, may vacate the default order.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A final default order is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A final decision; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Reviewable as a final decision.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>