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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="11-409" title_number="11" title_name="Pilots" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a felony; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to provide pilotage;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>pilots or attempts to pilot a vessel while under the influence of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>alcohol;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>narcotics; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other substance that impairs the physical or mental ability of the pilot to perform in a safe manner;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>pilots a vessel in a negligent or reckless manner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>anchors a vessel during a pilotage transit unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the anchorage was ordered by the master of the vessel; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the anchorage was necessary for reasons of safety or prudent navigation;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>violates the conflict-of-interest provisions of § 11-603 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>violates any regulation adopted by the Board; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>violates any order passed by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board shall revoke the license of any pilot who does not provide pilotage for 1 year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Board may not revoke a license under this subsection if the failure of the pilot to provide pilotage was due to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>sickness of the pilot; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assignment to administrative duties.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 11-410 of this subtitle, the Board shall revoke the license of a pilot who, after receiving notice, refuses to aid a vessel in distress:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>within 18 nautical miles south of Cape Henry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>within 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in the Chesapeake Bay; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>in the ports of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Instead of or in addition to suspending or revoking a license under subsection (a) of this section, the Board may impose a penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection, the Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith of the licensee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any history of previous violations by the licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall consider the following facts in the granting, denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of a license or the reprimand of a licensee when an applicant or licensee is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in subsection (a)(3) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the nature of the crime;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>with respect to a felony, the relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to provide pilotage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the length of time since the conviction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the behavior and activities of the applicant or licensee before and after the conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
