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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="2-501" title_number="2" title_name="Accountants" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may adopt regulations to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>require that each office maintained in the State for the practice of accounting by an individual accountant or partnership or corporate permit holder be registered every 2 years with the Board by the individual, partnership, or corporation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>set the procedure to carry out the registration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not charge a fee for any registration required under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a licensee or a permit holder fails to register any office as required by a regulation adopted under subsection (a) of this section, the license or permit shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be suspended automatically; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>remain suspended until the licensee or permit holder complies with the registration requirements adopted under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
