# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 19. Security Guard Agencies and Security Guard Certification

### Subtitle 4. Certification of Security Guards

#### Section 19-404.1

(a) Unless a certification is renewed for a 3-year term as provided in this section, the certification expires on the last day of the certification holder's birth month.

(b)

  (1) At least 90 days, 60 days, and 30 days before a certification expires, the Secretary shall send a renewal notice to a certification holder that states:

    (i) the date on which the certification expires; and

    (ii) that the renewal application for certification must be received and accepted by the Secretary before the date the certification expires.

  (2) The Secretary shall send a renewal notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection by electronic means to the last known e-mail address of the certification holder.

(c) Before a certification expires, the applicant shall submit to the Secretary in the manner and format designated by the Secretary:

  (1) a renewal application; and

  (2) the amount of the renewal fee in a method approved by the Secretary.

(d) An individual periodically may renew the certification for an additional 3-year term, if the individual:

  (1) otherwise is entitled to be certified;

  (2) pays to the Secretary in a method approved by the Secretary:

    (i) a renewal fee of $10; and

    (ii) payment for the cost of a fingerprint card record check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

  (3)

    (i) satisfactorily completes 8 hours of continuing security training that is approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission under Sec. 19-412 of this subtitle; and

    (ii) submits to the Secretary supporting documentation that demonstrates completion of the training; and

  (4) submits to the Secretary a renewal application in the manner and format designated by the Secretary.

(e) The Secretary may not certify any applicant under this subtitle if the applicant has outstanding obligations under this subtitle.

(f)

  (1) The Secretary shall renew the certification of each individual who meets the requirements of this section.

  (2) Within 5 days after the Secretary refuses to renew the certification of an individual as a security guard, the Secretary shall send written notice of the refusal to the individual who submitted the renewal application.

(g) At least 90 days before a certification expires, the licensed security guard agency or security guard employer shall submit a declaration to the Secretary under the penalties of perjury stating whether it knows that a certified security guard who provides security guard services on the security guard agency's behalf or for the security guard employer no longer satisfies all of the criteria for certification under Sec. 19-402 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)