1. (a) An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency's action.

2. (b) The notice shall:

   1. (1) state concisely and simply:

      1. (i) the facts that are asserted; or
      2. (ii) if the facts cannot be stated in detail when the notice is given, the issues that are involved;
   2. (2) state the pertinent statutory and regulatory sections under which the agency is taking its action;
   3. (3) state the sanction proposed or the potential penalty, if any, as a result of the agency's action;

   4. (4) unless a hearing is automatically scheduled, state that the recipient of notice of an agency's action may have an opportunity to request a hearing, including:

      1. (i) what, if anything, a person must do to receive a hearing; and
      2. (ii) all relevant time requirements; and
   5. (5) state the direct consequences, sanction, potential penalty, if any, or remedy of the recipient's failure to exercise in a timely manner the opportunity for a hearing or to appear for a scheduled hearing.
3. (c) The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle.
4. (d) For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.

Added as State Government § 10-205 by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 239, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989. Renumbered as State Government § 10-207 by Acts 1993, c. 59, § 1, eff. June 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1993, c. 59, § 1, eff. June 1, 1993.

Formerly Art. 41, § 251.