The Appeals Board, upon its own initiative or upon application by a party, may order a party to make a more definite statement of the complaint or answer, or reply to an answer. Within the proper scope of the appeal, the Appeals Board may permit either party to amend its pleading upon conditions just to both parties. When issues within the proper scope of the appeal, but not raised by the pleadings or the documentation described in Regulation .04 are tried by express or implied consent of the parties, or by permission of the Appeals Board, they shall be treated in all respects as if they had been raised. In these instances, motions to amend the pleadings to conform to the proof may be entered, but are not required. If evidence is objected to at a hearing on the ground that it is not within the issues raised by the pleadings or the appeal file documentation (which shall be deemed part of the pleadings for this purpose), it may be admitted within the proper scope of the appeal, except that the objecting party may be granted a continuance if necessary to enable him to meet the evidence.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101 and 15-210—15-223, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulations .25 and .26 repealed effective October 10, 1983 (10:20 Md. R. 1791)

Chapter revised effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .02B amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .03 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .04 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .05 repealed effective August 24, 2020 (47:17 Md. R. 797)

Regulation .08 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .09 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .10 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .12B amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .12C, D amended effective August 24, 2020 (47:17 Md. R. 797)

Regulation .12E repealed effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .14D, E, I amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .15A, C amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .16 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .17 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .20A amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .22C, D amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .27 amended effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463); August 24, 2020 (47:17 Md. R. 797)

Regulation .28 repealed effective May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 463)

Regulation .32 adopted effective November 18, 1996 (23:23 Md. R. 1556)

Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .04A, E amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .06 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .08 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .10A amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .11 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .12 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .12 amended effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .13A, B amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .14 amended effective April 18, 2022 (49:8 Md. R. 500)

Regulation .14B, C amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .15A amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulations .17—.24 repealed as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); repealed permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .25 amended as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); amended permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .31 repealed as an emergency provision effective September 9, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 883); emergency status extended to July 3, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 137); repealed permanently effective February 21, 2022 (49:4 Md. R. 302)

Regulation .32 amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)