Section 7-308 - Denials, suspensions, and revocations - Grounds. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-308. Denials, suspensions, and revocations - Grounds.
 

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 and Mental Hygiene 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 100, § 80E; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.]