§ 10-207
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§10–207.
(a)An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency’s action.
(b)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)The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle.
(d)For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.