Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 10-207 - Notice of agency action(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.