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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="19-502" title_number="19" title_name="Security Guard Agencies and Security Guard Certification" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The offices of each security guard agency shall be supervised by an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>holds, as an individual, the license of the security guard agency; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is the representative member of the security guard agency appointed under § 19-302(b) of this title; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been investigated and approved by the Secretary under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a security guard agency is a firm, the agency shall notify the Secretary about:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the identity of the individual serving as the representative member of the agency; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each vacancy in that position.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a security guard agency shall appoint a representative member within 90 days after a vacancy occurs in the position.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the vacancy is caused by the death of or an incapacitating injury to the representative member, the security guard agency shall appoint a replacement within 180 days after the vacancy occurs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a licensed security guard agency fails to appoint a representative member as required under subsection (c) of this section, the license of the security guard agency:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is suspended automatically; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall remain suspended until the agency complies with the requirements.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
