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to all such policies, contracts, or certificates issued, renewed,
modified, altered, amended, or reissued on or after July 1, 1984.

585.

(c) A certificate of authority shall expire on [the] June
30 following the date of issuance or previous renewal. If the
dental plan organization remains in compliance with this subtitle
and has paid a renewal fee of $100, its certificate shall be
renewed.

597.

(b) A dental plan organization is entitled to claim any
statutory privileges against disclosure of information that the
dentist who furnishes the information to the dental PLAN
organization is entitled to claim.

Article 56 - Licenses

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70.

(a) The Comptroller is empowered to suspend or revoke the
special wholesaler's or retailer's cigarette licenses required by
§§ 65 and 66 of this article, upon a finding by him that the
licensee has failed to comply with the [Unfair Cigarette Sales]
CIGARETTE SALES BELOW COST Act or any rule or regulation
promulgated by the Comptroller with reference to said act, or
that the licensee has violated the provisions of § 67 of this
article. Such suspension or revocation shall be made only after
notice to the licensee and a hearing by the Comptroller or such
officer as may be prescribed by the Comptroller. At such hearing
the licensee shall have the right to be represented by counsel,
to present evidence, to cross-examine and to present argument,
but the technical rules of evidence shall not apply. In the case
of a first offender, the Comptroller shall suspend said
wholesaler's or retailer's special cigarette license or licenses
for a consecutive period containing not less than five nor more
than twenty business days (i.e., days other than Sundays or legal
holidays); and, in case of second or subsequent violations, for a
consecutive period containing not less than twenty business days
nor more than six months; and, in case of wilful and persistent
violation, the Comptroller shall revoke such special cigarette
licenses. Any suspension or revocation by the Comptroller
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not take
effect for at least five (5) business days following notice to
the licensee of the order of such suspension or revocation. No
person whose special cigarette license has been revoked shall be
eligible to reapply until after the expiration of one year from
the date of revocation, and his reapplication shall be granted
only if it satisfactorily appears to. the Comptroller that the
applicant will comply with the Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act and
§ 67 of this article and the Comptroller's rules and regulations
thereunder.