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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="4-502" title_number="4" title_name="Barbers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Barbershops and Barber Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To qualify for a barbershop permit, an applicant shall be a person who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant shall own the facility in which the barbershop for which the application is made is located.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To qualify for a barbershop permit for a mobile barbershop, the applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>hold a barbershop permit to operate a barbershop that is not a mobile barbershop; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>own or lease the motor vehicle or trailer in which the mobile barbershop for which the application is made is located.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An applicant shall satisfy the Board that the location and equipment of the barbershop for which the application is made meets the requirements of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Health; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the applicable local zoning code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>As a condition of the issuance of a barbershop permit, the barbershop for which the application is made shall pass a pre–opening inspection conducted under § 4–512 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
