- A. A State employee wishing to file an appeal must notify the SSOA within 15 calendar days of receiving the notice of their suspension from performing safety-sensitive functions, to request an administrative hearing. Such a request does not create a stay of the suspension from performing safety-sensitive functions.
- B. When a suspension from performing safety-sensitive functions is contested by a State employee, the SSOA will forward the matter to Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) to set for a hearing.
- C. The hearing will be conducted in accordance with Title 28 of the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR 28.02.01).
- D. The administrative law judge’s decision is the final order of the Secretary of Transportation or Secretary’s designee.
Authority: Transportation Article, §§2-102(c)(5) and 7-203.1, Annotated Code of Maryland;
49 U.S.C. §5329 and 49 CFR Part 674
Effective date: March 26, 2018 (45:6 Md. R. 321)
Chapter revised effective January 5, 2026 (52:26 Md. R. 1309)