§2–116.

    (a)    The Commissioner may send a notice or other communication by electronic means if:

        (1)    the Commissioner is required to deliver, give, mail, serve, or otherwise provide the notice or other communication in writing;

        (2)    the recipient has provided an e–mail address to the Commissioner to receive notices or other communications;

        (3)    the notice or other communication is sent to the e–mail address provided by the recipient; and

        (4)    the Commissioner maintains proof that the notice was sent to the recipient at the recipient’s e–mail address.

    (b)    If a person is required to send the Commissioner a notice or other communication and the person is not licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner:

        (1)    the person may send the notice or other communication by electronic means approved by the Commissioner; and

        (2)    the Commissioner may not require the person to send the notice or other communication by electronic means.

    (c)    The Commissioner may require a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner to send a notice or other communication by electronic means.

    (d)    Subject to the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, a notice or other communication sent in accordance with this section shall be presumed to have been received in the ordinary course.