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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="3-306" title_number="3" title_name="Architects" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may issue a license by reciprocity to practice architecture in the State to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is licensed to practice architecture in another state or country; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is certified by the Council under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a license by reciprocity under this section for an applicant who is licensed to practice architecture in another state or country only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is of good character and reputation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays to the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a nonrefundable application fee set by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a license fee set by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provides adequate evidence that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant became licensed in the other state or country after meeting, in that or any other state or country, requirements that were at least equivalent to those then required by the laws of this State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at the time of application for a license by reciprocity under this section, the applicant meets the requirements currently required by the laws of this State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue a license by reciprocity under this section for an applicant who is certified by the Council only if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is of good character and reputation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pays to the Board:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a nonrefundable application fee set by the Board; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a license fee set by the Board; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Board receives from the Council a certified copy of its certificate for the applicant that certifies that the applicant is licensed to practice architecture in another state or country.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An architect who is granted a license by reciprocity by the Board may not be required to maintain licensure in any other state or country as a condition of maintaining the license granted by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual authorized to practice in the State under §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article may not be required to apply for a license by reciprocity under this section to practice in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
