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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-305" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing of Real Estate Appraisers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission may waive the examination requirements of this subtitle for an individual who is licensed to provide real estate appraisal services in another state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pays to the Commission the application fee set by the Commission under § 16–303 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides adequate evidence that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is licensed by a state that is in compliance with Title XI of the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as determined by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds a valid license issued by that state; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>became licensed in the other state after meeting, in that state, requirements that are substantially equivalent to or exceed the licensing requirements of this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
