Maryland Labor and Employment Section 9-701

      Subject to this title, the Commission shall:

            (1)      adopt reasonable and proper regulations to govern the procedures of the Commission, which shall be as simple and brief as reasonably possible;

            (2)      determine the nature and the form of an application for benefits or compensation;

            (3)      regulate and provide for the nature and form of notices and for the service of notices;

            (4)      regulate and provide for the nature and extent of evidence and proof and for the method of taking and providing evidence and proof to establish a right to compensation;

            (5)      regulate the method of conducting an investigation or physical examination; and

            (6)      set the time within which an adjudication or award shall be made.