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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="14-208.1" title_number="14" title_name="Professional Engineers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board for Professional Engineers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “code official” means a public official responsible for the review of building permit documents or the issuance of building permits.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep a list of the names and mailing addresses of all licensees and certificate holders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide each code official with a copy of the list annually; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide any other person who makes a request with a copy of the list at a reasonable fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall provide all licensees, certificate holders, and code officials with a periodic newsletter not less than semiannually on the activities of the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall publish, on the Department website, the newsletter jointly with the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the State Board of Certified Interior Designers, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall distribute:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to each applicant for a license or a certificate and each code official, a copy of the Maryland Professional Engineers Act and the Board’s rules and regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on each renewal of a license or certificate, to each licensee or certificate holder, a copy of any amendments to the Maryland Professional Engineers Act and the Board’s rules and regulations that took effect during the 2-year period ending on the date of renewal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to each code official, a copy of any amendments to the Maryland Professional Engineers Act and the Board’s rules and regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A licensee or certificate holder shall designate the licensee’s or certificate holder’s mailing address at the time of issuance of the license or certificate and on each renewal of the license or certificate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
