WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 19

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

341.

(b) Any person, including an employee of the Board, may
[prefer charges of] SUBMIT A COMPLAINT TO THE BOARD ALLEGING
fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, gross negligence, incompetence,
misconduct, or other act or omission prescribed in subsection (a)
of this section, against any registrant. [The charges] COMPLAINTS
shall be specific and in writing, shall be sworn to by the person
or persons making them, and shall be filed with the secretary of
the Board.

[(c) All charges, unless dismissed by the Board as
unfounded or trivial, shall be set down for hearing in accordance
with rules and regulations adopted by the Board within a
reasonable time, but not to exceed six months after they have
been preferred.]

(C) ONCE THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT CHARGES SHOULD BE
BROUGHT AGAINST A REGISTRANT, A HEARING ON THOSE CHARGES MUST BE
SET DOWN WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE BOARD HAS BROUGHT THE CHARGES AGAINST THE REGISTRANT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Occupations

15-320.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in Title 10, Subtitle
4 of the State Government Article, before the Board takes any
final action under § 15-318 of this subtitle, it shall give the
individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity
for a hearing before the Board.

(2) A hearing shall be [held] SET DOWN within a
reasonable time, not exceeding 6 months, after the [complaint is
made] BOARD HAS BROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST THE LICENSEE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of
this Act shall take effect July 1, 1989, and remain in effect
until the taking effect of Section 2.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER   ENACTED, That Section 2 of

this Act shall take effect October 1,     1989, contingent on the

taking effect of Chapter ___ (S.B. 1)   of the Acts of the General

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