Section 10-226 - Licenses - Special provisions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-226. Licenses - Special provisions.
 

(a)  Definitions.-  

(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(2) "License" means all or any part of permission that: 

(i) is required by law to be obtained from a unit; 

(ii) is not required only for revenue purposes; and 

(iii) is in any form, including: 

1. an approval; 

2. a certificate; 

3. a charter; 

4. a permit; or 

5. a registration. 

(3) "Unit" means an officer or unit that is authorized by law to: 

(i) adopt regulations subject to Subtitle 1 of this title; or 

(ii) adjudicate contested cases under this subtitle. 

(b)  Renewal and expiration.- If, at least 2 calendar weeks before a license expires, the licensee makes sufficient application for renewal of the license, the license does not expire until: 

(1) the unit takes final action on the application; and 

(2) either: 

(i) the time for seeking judicial review of the action expires; or 

(ii) any judicial stay of the unit's final action expires. 

(c)  Revocation of suspension.-  

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a unit may not revoke or suspend a license unless the unit first gives the licensee: 

(i) written notice of the facts that warrant suspension or revocation; and 

(ii) an opportunity to be heard. 

(2) A unit may order summarily the suspension of a license if the unit: 

(i) finds that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action; and 

(ii) promptly gives the licensee: 

1. written notice of the suspension, the finding, and the reasons that support the finding; and 

2. an opportunity to be heard. 
 

[1993, ch. 59, § 1; 1995, ch. 538.]