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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="15-316" title_number="15" title_name="Professional Land Surveyors" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may issue a retired status license to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is currently licensed in Maryland as a professional land surveyor or a property line surveyor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been either licensed as a professional land surveyor or a property line surveyor or was authorized to practice land surveying or property line surveying under § 15-303 of this subtitle for at least 25 years, of which 5 years were in Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not the subject of a pending disciplinary action related to the practice of land surveying or property line surveying in this or another state;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>submits to the Board an application on the form provided by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>pays to the Board a fee, as set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The holder of a retired status license issued under this section may not engage in the practice of professional land surveying or property line surveying.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The holder of a professional land surveyor retired status license may use the designation of “retired professional land surveyor”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The holder of a property line surveyor retired status license may use the designation of “retired property line surveyor”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may reactivate the license of the holder of a retired status license if that individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submits to the Board an application for reactivation on the form approved by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets all continuing competency requirements, not exceeding 48 credit hours, that would have been required for renewal of a license under § 15–314 of this subtitle if the licensee had not been placed on retired status;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays to the Board a reactivation fee as set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is not the subject of a pending disciplinary action related to the practice of land surveying or property line surveying in this or any other state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
