1. A. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the issuance of a charging document with a proposed order which will go into effect if the respondent fails to request a hearing.

2. B. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a disciplinary panel from conducting a show cause hearing to determine if there has been:

   1. (1) A violation of probation;
   2. (2) A violation of a condition under which any portion of a disciplinary order was stayed; or
   3. (3) Any other violation of a Board or disciplinary panel order.
3. C. A disciplinary panel may terminate a show cause hearing if it determines that there are material facts in dispute which cannot reasonably be determined in that venue. The disciplinary panel may then convene an evidentiary hearing or delegate such a hearing to an administrative law judge.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§1-307, 1-402, 1-602—1-604, 1-606, 14-205, 14-317, 14-404, 14-405, 14-405.1, 14-406—14-409, 14-411, 14-505, 14-5A-03, 14-5A-13(d), 14-5A-16, 14-5A-17, 14-5A-17.1, 14-5A-19, 14-5B-03, 14-5B-12(d), 14-5B-13, 14-5B-14, 14-5B-14.1, 14-5B-16, 14-5C-03, 14-5C-14(h), 14-5C-16, 14-5C-17, 14-5C-19, 14-5D-12(d), 14-5D-12(g), 14-5D-13—14-5D-16, 14-5E-03, 14-5E-13(h), 14-5E-15, 14-5E-16, 14-5E-17, 14-5E-19, 14-5F-04, 14-5F-15(e), 14-5F-17, 14-5F-18, 14-5F-23, 14-5F-24, 14-601, 14-606, 15-205(b), 15-307(f), 15-311, 15-312, 15-314, 15-315, 15-316 and 15-403; State Government Article, §§10-206, 10-216, and 10-226; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 30, 1973

Regulations .01—.10, Hearing Procedures, repealed effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1877)

Regulations .01—.09, Hearing Before the Board of Physician Quality Assurance, adopted effective November 7, 1994 (21:22 Md. R. 1877)

Regulation .03C amended effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 486)

Regulation .03E amended effective January 24, 2000 (27:1 Md. R. 76); June 24, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 927)

Regulation .04 amended effective August 19, 2002 (29:16 Md. R. 1288)

Regulation .10 adopted effective September 11, 1995 (22:18 Md. R. 1399)

Chapter revised effective January 21, 2013 (40:1 Md. R. 20)

Chapter revised effective March 2, 2015 (42:4 Md. R. 433)

Regulation .02B amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 237)

Regulation .03F amended effective August 7, 2023 (50:15 Md. R. 682)

Regulation .10 amended effective August 7, 2023 (50:15 Md. R. 682)

Regulation .17 adopted effective October 23, 2017 (44:21 Md. R. 983)

Regulation .18 adopted effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 237)