(a) An agency shall give reasonable notice of the agency's action. (b) The notice shall: (1) state concisely and simply: (i) the facts that are asserted; or (ii) if the facts cannot be stated in detail when the notice is given, the issues that are involved; (2) state the pertinent statutory and regulatory sections under which the agency is taking its action; (3) state the sanction proposed or the potential penalty, if any, as a result of the agency's action; (4) unless a hearing is automatically scheduled, state that the recipient of notice of an agency's action may have an opportunity to request a hearing, including: (i) what, if anything, a person must do to receive a hearing; and (ii) all relevant time requirements; and (5) state the direct consequences, sanction, potential penalty, if any, or remedy of the recipient's failure to exercise in a timely manner the opportunity for a hearing or to appear for a scheduled hearing. (c) The notice of agency action under this section may be consolidated with the notice of hearing required under § 10-208 of this subtitle. (d) For purposes of this section, publication in the Maryland Register does not constitute reasonable notice to a party.
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