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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="21-311" title_number="21" title_name="Individual Tax Preparers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 21–312 of this subtitle, the Board, on the affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may deny a registration to any applicant, reprimand any registered individual, or suspend or revoke a registration if the applicant or registered individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a registration for the applicant or registered individual or for another;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a registration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor, either of which is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or registered individual to provide individual tax preparation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is guilty of negligence, incompetence, or misconduct while providing individual tax preparation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>violates any regulation adopted under this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>violates any provision of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to reprimanding or suspending or revoking a registration under this subsection, the Board may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection, the Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith of the registered individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any history of previous violations by the registered individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall use a penalty collected under this subsection to provide for the enforcement of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
