§ 10-226. Licenses -- Special provisions

   (a) Definitions. --

   (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

   (2) "License" means all or any part of permission that:

      (i) is required by law to be obtained from a unit;

      (ii) is not required only for revenue purposes; and

      (iii) is in any form, including:

         1. an approval;

         2. a certificate;

         3. a charter;

         4. a permit; or

         5. a registration.

   (3) "Unit" means an officer or unit that is authorized by law to:

      (i) adopt regulations subject to Subtitle 1 of this title; or

      (ii) adjudicate contested cases under this subtitle.

(b) Renewal and expiration. -- If, at least 2 calendar weeks before a license expires, the licensee makes sufficient application for renewal of the license, the license does not expire until:

   (1) the unit takes final action on the application; and

   (2) either:

      (i) the time for seeking judicial review of the action expires; or

      (ii) any judicial stay of the unit's final action expires.

(c) Revocation or suspension. --

   (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a unit may not revoke or suspend a license unless the unit first gives the licensee:

      (i) written notice of the facts that warrant suspension or revocation; and

      (ii) an opportunity to be heard.

   (2) A unit may order summarily the suspension of a license if the unit:

      (i) finds that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action; and

      (ii) promptly gives the licensee:

         1. written notice of the suspension, the finding, and the reasons that support the finding; and

         2. an opportunity to be heard.

HISTORY: 1993, ch. 59, § 1; 1995, ch. 538.