Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases
Section 10-207 - Notice of Agency Action

(a)    An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency’s action.
    (b)    The notice shall:
        (1)    state concisely and simply:
            (i)    the facts that are asserted; or
            (ii)    if the facts cannot be stated in detail when the notice is given, the issues that are involved;
        (2)    state the pertinent statutory and regulatory sections under which the agency is taking its action;
        (3)    state the sanction proposed or the potential penalty, if any, as a result of the agency’s action;
        (4)    unless a hearing is automatically scheduled, state that the recipient of notice of an agency’s action may have an opportunity to request a hearing, including:
            (i)    what, if anything, a person must do to receive a hearing; and
            (ii)    all relevant time requirements; and
        (5)    state the direct consequences, sanction, potential penalty, if any, or remedy of the recipient’s failure to exercise in a timely manner the opportunity for a hearing or to appear for a scheduled hearing.
    (c)    The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle.
    (d)    For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.

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