- A. The Secretary or the Commission, as appropriate, may appoint a designee to preside at a conference to address settlement possibilities.
- B. Settlement discussions are not a part of the case record.
- C. The individual who presides at a settlement conference in which ex parte communications take place may not preside at any hearing in that contested case and may not advise the Secretary or the Commission regarding any decision on the merits of that case.
Authority: Education Article, Title 11, Subtitle 2;
State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2; Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: October 20, 1986 (13:21 Md. R. 2322)
Regulations .01—.10 repealed and new Regulations .01—.30 adopted effective March 23, 1998 (25:6 Md. R. 490)