Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 1
Subtitle 01 - PROCEDURES
Chapter 10.01.06 - Fair Hearing Appeals under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Section 10.01.06.10 - Hearing Procedures
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The fair hearing procedures may not be unduly complex or legalistic. The hearing official shall administer oaths or affirmations as required by the State. The appellant, the Department, and the delegate agency shall have the opportunity to present witnesses, documentary evidence, and oral and written argument, and to cross-examine all adverse witnesses. The appellant will have the opportunity to advance arguments without undue interference.
B. If the appellant wishes to call as witnesses employees of the Department or delegate agency whose action or inaction is being contested by the appellant, or whose testimony, in the judgment of the hearing officer, is relevant to the issues under consideration, the hearing officer shall require their presence at the fair hearing, provided that, when the appellant has knowledge of the names or other identifying description of these employees before the fair hearing, he shall supply the hearing officer with the names or other identifying descriptions at least 3 days before the fair hearing.
C. If the Department or delegate agency introduces documents as evidence, the appellant shall have the opportunity to examine persons who prepared the documents and to examine the case record or special investigation file for the purpose of discovering information favorable to his case.
D. When the hearing involves medical issues, an additional medical assessment of the appellant's condition shall be obtained and made part of the record if either the hearing officer or the appellant considers it necessary. This additional medical assessment shall be made by a person satisfactory to the appellant other than the person or persons who made the original medical determination, and shall be obtained at the Department's expense.
