Subject to the hearing provisions of § 7–309 of this subtitle, the Commissioner may deny a license to any applicant or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:
(1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;
(2) fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;
(3) knowingly makes any misrepresentation in the application;
(4) is not the real party in interest in the application for a license and the real party in interest:
(i) has been refused a license;
(ii) has had a license suspended or revoked; or
(iii) otherwise fails to qualify under this section for a license;
(5) fails to comply with any provision of this title;
(6) fails to comply with any regulation that the Commissioner adopts;
(7) fails to comply with an order that the Commissioner passes;
(8) fails to satisfy a judgment that the Commissioner obtains under this title;
(9) knowingly gives a migrant agricultural worker who is recruited or hired false or misleading information about the existence or conditions of employment;
(10) fails, without just cause, to comply with any agreement or arrangement with an agricultural operation or with a migrant agricultural worker;
(11) is found by the Secretary of Health to have violated a regulation of the Secretary on housing, sanitation, or safety for migrant agricultural workers;
(12) has had a farm labor contractor registration certificate suspended or revoked by the United States Department of Labor or by another state for a reason that would justify suspension or revocation of a license in this State;
(13) has been convicted of a felony under a law of the State or under federal law; or
(14) during the past 5 years, has been convicted of a misdemeanor in connection with performing a farm labor contracting service if the misdemeanor relates to:
(i) gambling;
(ii) sale, distribution, or possession of an alcoholic beverage; or
(iii) sale, distribution, or possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 7 - Farm Labor Contractors
Section 7-301 - License Required
Section 7-302 - Applications for Licenses
Section 7-304 - Issuance and Contents of License
Section 7-305 - Scope of License
Section 7-306 - Term of License
Section 7-307 - Display of License
Section 7-308 - Denials, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds
Section 7-309 - Denials. Suspensions, and Revocations -- Hearings
Section 7-310 - Summary Suspension of License
Section 7-311 - Order to Cease Violations