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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="12-305.1" title_number="12" title_name="Plumbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive the examination requirements for a master plumber license or a journey plumber license for an individual who is licensed to provide plumbing services in another state on the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the authorized membership of the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if an applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pays the appropriate fee required under § 12–306 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides adequate evidence that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meets the qualifications otherwise required by this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds an active license in good standing in the other state;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>holds a license that is equivalent to the State license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>became licensed in the other state after meeting requirements that are at least equivalent to the licensing requirements of this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may grant a waiver only if the state in which the applicant is licensed waives the examination of licensees of this State to a similar extent as this State waives the examination requirements for individuals licensed in that state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “BRAC” means the Base Realignment and Closure process as announced by the United States Department of Defense.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Board shall grant a waiver to an applicant who files a request before July 1, 2012, if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>pays the appropriate fee required under § 12–306 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds an active Virginia or New Jersey master plumber’s license or an active Virginia journey plumber’s license in good standing that is equivalent to the State license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has experience in the provision of plumbing services that meets the time requirements of § 12–302 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>has relocated to the State as a family member of a BRAC employee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
