Section 2-212 - Stay of order or proposed action. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-212. Stay of order or proposed action.
 

(a)  On demand for hearing.-  

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a demand for a hearing stays an order of the Commissioner pending the hearing and an order resulting from it if the Commissioner receives the demand: 

(i) before the effective date of the order; or 

(ii) within 10 days after the order is served. 

(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to an action taken or proposed under an order: 

(i) resulting from a hearing; 

(ii) resulting from a final decision of the Insurance Commissioner on a complaint in an emergency case under § 15-10A-04 of this article; or 

(iii) based on impairment of assets or unsound financial condition of an insurer. 

(b)  After failure of Commissioner to grant stay.- If the Commissioner does not grant a written request for a stay, the aggrieved person may apply to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City for a stay of the proposed action of the Commissioner. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 36; 1995, ch. 36; 1999, ch. 277.]