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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="3-309.2" title_number="3" title_name="Architects" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may issue a retired status license to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is currently licensed by the Board to practice architecture;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been a licensed architect for at least 25 years, of which 5 years have been in Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not the subject of a pending disciplinary action related to the practice of architecture in this or another state;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>submits to the Board an application on the form provided by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>pays to the Board a fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The holder of a retired status license issued under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may use the designation of “architect emeritus”; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not engage in the practice of architecture.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may reactivate the license of an individual who holds a retired status license if that individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submits to the Board an application for reactivation on the form provided by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets all continuing professional competency requirements that would have been required for renewal of a license under § 3–309.1 of this subtitle if the individual had not been issued a retired status license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not the subject of a pending disciplinary action related to the practice of architecture in this or any other state; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>pays to the Board a reactivation fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
