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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="12-310" title_number="12" title_name="Plumbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the limitations in this section, the Board may issue a limited license to provide plumbing services as a master plumber or a journey plumber to any applicant who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the qualifications that the Board establishes for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a limited master plumber license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a limited journey plumber license;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>passes an examination given by the Board for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a limited master plumber license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a limited journey plumber license;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submits to the Board an application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>pays the appropriate application fee under § 12-303 of this subtitle for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a master plumber license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a journey plumber license; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>if contracting in the name of the applicant or another person to provide plumbing services, submits to the Board proof of the liability insurance as required under § 12-501 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>While a limited master plumber license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide plumbing services only in a specified geographical area of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>While a limited journey plumber license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to provide plumbing services under the direction and control of a master plumber only in a specified geographical area of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A limited license expires on the first May 1 that comes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after the effective date of the limited license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in an odd-numbered year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>After June 30, 1991, the Board may not issue a limited license to provide plumbing services to any individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this section, an individual who is issued a limited license to provide plumbing services on or before June 30, 1991, may continue to renew the limited license for a 2-year term as provided under § 12-308 of this subtitle if the individual meets the appropriate renewal requirements for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a master plumber license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a journey plumber license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
