Section 10-207 - Notice of agency action. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-207. Notice of agency action.
 

(a)  In general.- An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency's action. 

(b)  Contents of notice.- 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)  Consolidation of notices.- The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle. 

(d)  Publication in Register.- For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 251; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; 1989, ch. 239; 1993, ch. 59, § 1.]