WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 239

authorizing requiring rehearings under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to hearing notices
under the Administrative Procedure Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - State Government

Section 10-205

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1988 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

10-205.

(a)  An agency shall give all parties in a contested case an
opportunity for a hearing after reasonable notice.

(b)  The notice shall:

(1)  state the time, place, and nature of the hearing;

(2)  state the authority of the agency to hold the
hearing;

(3)  cite the specific section of each statute and
regulation, including a procedural regulation, that is pertinent;
and

(4)  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.

(c)  The agency shall provide a more detailed statement of
the facts asserted if:

(1)  when notice was given, the facts were not stated
in detail; and

(2)  a party requests the statement.

(D) WHERE A LICENSING STATUTE PROVIDES FOR SERVICE OTHER
THAN BY REGULAR MAIL, NOTICE BY AN AGENCY MAY BE SENT BY REGULAR
MAIL TO THE BUSINESS ADDRESS OF RECORD OF A PERSON HOLDING A
LICENSE ISSUED BY THE AGENCY IF:

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