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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 36.02.02.08" title_num="36" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="02" heading="Denial of a License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If the Director recommends the denial of a license, the Director shall promptly provide the applicant with written notice of the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Basis for the recommended denial; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Applicant’s right to request a reconsideration meeting with the Director or the Director’s designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An applicant may submit to the Director a written request for a reconsideration meeting within 15 days of the date of the notice described in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If an applicant fails to timely submit a written request for a reconsideration meeting, the Commission may adopt as final the recommendation of the Director.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>During a reconsideration meeting, an applicant may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be represented by counsel; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Present evidence as to why the license should be granted;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If after the reconsideration meeting the applicant is dissatisfied with the recommendation of the Director or the Director’s designee, the applicant may submit to the Commission, in writing:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A request for a hearing before the Commission to appeal the recommended denial of the license; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The applicant’s legal and factual basis for disagreeing with the recommended denial of the license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An applicant must submit a hearing request to the Commission within 15 days of the date of the recommendation of the Director or the Director’s designee after the reconsideration meeting.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If an applicant fails to submit a hearing request that complies with §§E and F of this regulation, the Commission may adopt as final the recommendation of the Director or the Director’s designee to deny the license.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A timely written hearing request shall be the subject of a Commission hearing conducted pursuant to COMAR 36.01.02.06.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Judicial Review. The Commission’s final action on a license denial is subject to judicial review as provided in State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Limitation on Reapplication. An applicant may not submit an application or be included in the application of another person for 1 year after the later of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The final action on the denial of a license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If judicial review of the final action on a license denial is taken, the date an adverse decision is entered against the retailer by the highest court to which an appeal is taken.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>