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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-3A-04" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Licensing of Home Inspectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, subject to the licensing provisions of this section, the Commission may issue a license by reciprocity under this section for an applicant who is licensed to provide home inspection services in another state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may issue a license by reciprocity under this section for an applicant who is licensed to provide home inspection services in another state only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pays to the Commission an application fee as set by the Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides adequate evidence that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meets the qualifications otherwise required by this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds an active license in good standing from the other state;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>became licensed in the other state after meeting, in that or another state, requirements that were at least equivalent to those then required by the laws of this State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>at the time of the application for a license by reciprocity under this section, the applicant meets the requirements currently required by the laws of this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to the licensing provisions in this section, the Commission may issue a license by reciprocity to provide home inspection services to an individual who satisfies to the Commission that the applicant is qualified based on a combination of comparable education, training, and experience in providing home inspection services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
