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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="4-304" title_number="4" title_name="Barbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 4–304.1 of this subtitle, an applicant is entitled to be examined as provided in this section if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>otherwise qualifies for a license under this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays an examination fee established by the Board in accordance with § 4–303 of this subtitle to the Board or the Board’s designee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board periodically shall give examinations to applicants at the times and places that the Board determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall give each qualified applicant notice of the time and place of examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall determine the subjects, scope, and form of and the passing score for examinations given under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An examination may consist of written and practical parts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to § 2–110 of the Business Regulation Article, an applicant whose primary language is not English may use a Board approved interpreter for the written part of an examination, but not for the practical part of an examination.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The passing of the practical part of an examination without an interpreter demonstrates that the applicant possesses sufficient command of English to understand and properly respond to an English–speaking customer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Subject to § 2–110 of the Business Regulation Article, in the case of an applicant who demonstrates dyslexia or other reading impairment to the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Board may grant 1 or both of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>additional time to complete all or part of the examination; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>oral examination for all or part of the written part of the examination; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Board shall approve for licensing an applicant who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>passes the examination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>demonstrates to the Board that the applicant’s dyslexia or other reading impairment, if any, does not significantly impair the applicant’s ability to function as a licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If an applicant fails to appear for a scheduled examination, the Board may require the applicant to pay another examination fee under § 4–303 of this subtitle before rescheduling an examination for the applicant.</text>
  </level>
</section>
