1. (a) The Commissioner may send a notice or other communication by electronic means if:

   1. (1) the Commissioner is required to deliver, give, mail, serve, or otherwise provide the notice or other communication in writing;
   2. (2) the recipient has provided an e-mail address to the Commissioner to receive notices or other communications;
   3. (3) the notice or other communication is sent to the e-mail address provided by the recipient; and
   4. (4) the Commissioner maintains proof that the notice was sent to the recipient at the recipient's e-mail address.

2. (b) If a person is required to send the Commissioner a notice or other communication and the person is not licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner:

   1. (1) the person may send the notice or other communication by electronic means approved by the Commissioner; and
   2. (2) the Commissioner may not require the person to send the notice or other communication by electronic means.
3. (c) The Commissioner may require a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner to send a notice or other communication by electronic means.
4. (d) Subject to the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, a notice or other communication sent in accordance with this section shall be presumed to have been received in the ordinary course.

Added by Acts 2021, c. 105, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.