Section 8-503 - Issuance of order or notice by Department.
§ 8-503. Issuance of order or notice by Department.
(a) Generally.- After or concurrently with service of a complaint under this subtitle, the Department may:
(1) Issue an order that requires the person to whom it is directed to take corrective action within a time set in the order;
(2) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom it is directed to file a written report about the alleged violation in not less than 5 days from service of the order; or
(3) Send a written notice that requires the person to whom the notice is directed:
(i) To appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the allegations of the complaint; or
(ii) To file a written report and also appear at a hearing before the Department at a time and place the Department sets to answer the charges in the complaint.
(b) When effective.- Any order issued under this section is effective immediately, according to its terms, when it is served.
[1990, ch. 431.]