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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="21-205" title_number="21" title_name="Individual Tax Preparers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Individual Tax Preparers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the Board may adopt:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>any bylaw that is necessary to do the business of the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any regulation to carry out this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt rules of professional conduct as appropriate to establish a high standard of integrity and dignity for the practice of individual tax preparation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>select and administer examinations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establish fees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>maintain a list of all authorized individual tax preparers registered by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>maintain a record of its proceedings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>maintain records of all complaints regarding individual tax preparers in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before January 1, 2026, after allowing for public input by the tax preparer community, the Board shall publish on the Board’s website a code of ethics and rules of professional conduct for engaging in the practice of individual tax preparation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
