Maryland Attorney General Opinions
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Can a Maryland family get a hearing to challenge a medical examiner's ruling on how a relative died?
Maryland's Attorney General concluded in 1991 that a family member disputing the Chief Medical Examiner's determination of a relative's cause or manner of death had no right to a formal hearing under …
Did Maryland's Medicaid program have to go through formal rulemaking before requiring doctors to write a reason for prescribing a brand-name drug instead of its generic version?
The Attorney General concluded in 1990 that Maryland's Medicaid agency did not have to go through formal rulemaking before requiring physicians to write a specific medical reason on a prescription whe…
Under Maryland's 1986 rulemaking amendment, when could an agency change a proposed regulation without republishing it for comment?
The Attorney General concluded in 1990 that a Maryland agency could adopt a regulation that differed from its original proposal without republishing it for new comment only if the change was one parti…
Can a state agency adopt a technical handbook as a regulation without printing the whole document in the Maryland Register?
In a 1988 opinion, Maryland's Attorney General concluded that a technical handbook adopted to set soil-erosion and sediment-control standards was itself a 'regulation' under the Administrative Procedu…
Does a state agency have to go through formal rulemaking to adopt a workplace smoking policy?
In this 1987 opinion, the Attorney General concluded that the smoking policy guidelines each Maryland executive agency was required to adopt under a gubernatorial executive order fell within the Admin…
Can Maryland's Comptroller waive late-filing penalties for a taxpayer just because they have a good track record of filing on time, and can that waiver be done automatically by computer?
In this 1985 opinion, the Attorney General concluded that the Comptroller could lawfully treat a taxpayer's consistent record of timely filing as "cause" or "good cause" to waive penalty and interest …
Can a Maryland Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board raise your property's assessed value on its own, without anyone asking it to?
In this 1985 opinion, the Attorney General concluded that a Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board (PTAAB) has the statutory power to increase a property tax assessment above what the supervisor of asse…
Can a Maryland small business recover its attorneys' fees if a state agency sues it or files a complaint against it without a good reason?
In this 1983 opinion, the Maryland Attorney General concluded that under the Small Businesses Litigation Expenses Act, a small business (including a sole proprietorship, but not a nonprofit) that prev…
Does the Maryland Port Administration have to go through formal rulemaking before it can raise its tariff of charges at marine terminals?
In this 1983 opinion, the Maryland Attorney General concluded that a Maryland Port Administration tariff for marine terminal services was not a "rule" under the state Administrative Procedure Act, bec…
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Attorney general opinions in Maryland are written by the Maryland Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.