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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-3A-10" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="3A" subtitle_name="Reciprocity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the holder of a reciprocal license has the same rights and responsibilities as a person who holds a comparable standard license issued under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person that holds a reciprocal license issued by the Commission may renew the reciprocal license in accordance with the renewal procedures for the comparable or equivalent standard license under § 17-314 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the time of application for the renewal of a reciprocal license, the applicant shall provide proof that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>continues to hold a current license in the state in which the applicant’s principal place of business is located; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is not the subject of a disciplinary action or a current investigation or proceeding alleging misconduct under a real estate licensing law of the state in which the applicant’s principal place of business is located.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The holder of a reciprocal license is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>not eligible to be a member of the Commission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exempt from the requirements of §§ 17-303, 17-304, 17-305, 17-315, 17-503, and 17-517 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>exempt from having to pass an examination required for a comparable standard license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
