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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="12-309" title_number="12" title_name="Plumbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall reinstate the license of an individual who has failed to renew the license for any reason if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>applies to the Board for reinstatement within 4 years after the license expires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets the renewal requirements for the appropriate license under § 12-308 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may not reinstate a journey plumber license, a master plumber license, a limited license, a propane gas fitter certificate, a master natural gas fitters license, a journeyman natural gas fitters license, or an apprentice natural gas fitters license of an individual who for any reason fails to apply for reinstatement within 4 years after the license expired unless the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the renewal requirements for the appropriate license under § 12-308 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>passes the appropriate examination for obtaining a license under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
