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2017 Maryland Code
State Government
Title 10 - Governmental Procedures
Subtitle 2 - Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases
§ 10-226. Licenses -- Special provisions
Universal Citation: MD State Govt Code § 10-226 (2017)
- (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 or 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.
- (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:
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