Section 10-226 - Licenses - Special provisions(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2) "License" means all or any part of permission that: (i) is required by law to be obtained from a unit;(ii) is not required only for revenue purposes; and(iii) is in any form, including: (3) "Unit" means an officer or unit that is authorized by law to:(i) adopt regulations subject to Subtitle 1 of this title; or(ii) adjudicate contested cases under this subtitle.(b) If, at least 2 calendar weeks before a license expires, the licensee makes sufficient application for renewal of the license, the license does not expire until:(1) the unit takes final action on the application; and(2) either: (i) the time for seeking judicial review of the action expires; or(ii) any judicial stay of the unit's final action expires.(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a unit may not revoke or suspend a license unless the unit first gives the licensee:(i) written notice of the facts that warrant suspension or revocation; and(ii) an opportunity to be heard.(2) A unit may order summarily the suspension of a license if the unit:(i) finds that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action; and(ii) promptly gives the licensee:1. written notice of the suspension, the finding, and the reasons that support the finding; and2. an opportunity to be heard.