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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="3-208.1" title_number="3" title_name="Architects" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Architects">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “code official” means a public official responsible for the review of building permit documents or the issuance of building permits.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep a list of the names and mailing addresses of all licensees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide each code official with a copy of the list annually; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide any other person who makes a request with a copy of the list at a reasonable fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall provide all licensees and code officials with a periodic newsletter not less than semiannually on the activities of the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall publish, on the Department website, the newsletter jointly with the State Board for Professional Engineers, the State Board of Certified Interior Designers, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall distribute:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to each applicant for a license and each code official, a copy of the Maryland Architects Act and the Board’s rules and regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on each renewal of a license, to each licensee, a copy of any amendments to the Maryland Architects Act and the Board’s rules and regulations that took effect during the 2-year period ending on the date of renewal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to each code official, a copy of any amendments to the Maryland Architects Act and the Board’s rules and regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A licensee shall designate the licensee’s mailing address at the time of issuance of the license and on each renewal of the license.</text>
  </level>
</section>
