Section 8-503 - Issuance of order or notice by Department. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-503. Issuance of order or notice by Department.
 

(a)  Generally.- After or concurrently with service of a complaint under this subtitle, the Department may: 

(1) Issue an order that requires the person to whom it is directed to take corrective action within a time set in the order; 

(2) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom it is directed to file a written report about the alleged violation in not less than 5 days from service of the order; or 

(3) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed: 

(i) To appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the allegations of the complaint; or 

(ii) To file a written report and also appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint. 

(b)  When effective.- Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served. 
 

[1990, ch. 431.]