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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="4-306" title_number="4" title_name="Barbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive any examination requirement of this subtitle for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an applicant for a master barber or a barber license who is licensed to practice barbering in another state; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an applicant for a barber–stylist limited license who is licensed to provide barber–stylist services in another state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant pays the application fee set by the Board under § 4–206 of this title and any applicable examination fee required under § 4–303 of this subtitle for any examination requirement that is not waived by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the applicant provides adequate evidence that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>meets the qualifications otherwise required by this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>became licensed in the other state after passing, in that or any other state, an examination that is similar to the examination for which the applicant is seeking the waiver;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the applicant practiced barbering in the other state as a master barber or barber or provided barber–stylist services in the other state as a barber–stylist during the 2 years immediately before applying in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the applicant provides:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a notarized statement from a previous employer certifying that the applicant has the experience required under item (3) of this subsection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the applicant was self–employed, other proof that is acceptable to the Board;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the applicant submits a letter from the licensing board of the other state certifying that the applicant is in good standing with the board of the other state; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the applicant certifies in writing that the applicant has read, understands, and will comply with the provisions of this title and the regulations of the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
