(a) The Board shall base its recommendations for regulations on information that:
(1) the Commissioner develops or otherwise has available; or
(2) an interested person submits to the Board at a public hearing under this section.
(b) (1) The Board shall hold the public hearings needed to carry out its responsibilities under this subtitle.
(2) At least 15 days before a hearing, the Commissioner shall publish notice of the hearing in the Maryland Register.