Ch. 28                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(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 shall
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 6 MONTHS AFTER
THE BOARD HAS BROUGHT THE CHARGES AGAINST THE REGISTRANT.

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

Article - Business Occupations

14-319.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in Title 10, Subtitle
4 of the State Government Article, before the Board takes any
final action under § 14-317 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 BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST A 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

Assembly of 1989. However, if Chapter ____ does not become

effective, then Section 2 of this Act may not take effect and may
be null and void without the necessity of further action by the
General Assembly.

Approved April 11, 1989.

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