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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="5-407" title_number="5" title_name="Cosmetologists" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Registration of Apprentices">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 5–408 of this subtitle, the Board may deny registration as an apprentice to any applicant, reprimand any individual registered as an apprentice, or suspend or revoke the registration of an individual registered as an apprentice:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for any applicable ground under § 5–314 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the applicant or individual fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain registration for the applicant or individual or for another; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if the applicant or individual fraudulently or deceptively uses a certificate of registration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Instead of or in addition to reprimanding an individual registered as an apprentice or suspending or revoking a registration, the Board may impose a penalty not exceeding $300 for all violations cited on a single date.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To determine the amount of penalty imposed under this subsection, the Board shall consider:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the violator’s history of previous violations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the deleterious effect of the violation on the complainant, the public, and the cosmetology industry; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>any other factors relevant to the determination of the penalty.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall commence proceedings under this section on a complaint to the Board by a member of the Board or any person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A complaint shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be in writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be signed by the complainant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>be submitted to the Executive Director of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>be served on the person to whom it is directed:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>personally; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, to the person’s last known address as shown on the Board’s records.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If service is made by certified mail, the person who mails the document shall file with the Board verified proof of mailing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if the Board finds that a complaint alleges facts that are adequate grounds for action under this section, the Board shall act on the complaint as provided under § 5–408 of this subtitle to deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate of registration, reprimand an apprentice, or assess a penalty.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Board does not make the finding, the Board shall dismiss the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Board makes the finding under subsection (c)(1) of this section for a violation that relates to the sanitary practice of cosmetology, the Board shall provide the apprentice an opportunity to correct the alleged violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the apprentice fails to correct each alleged violation within 10 days of written notification of the violation by the Board, the Board shall act on the complaint as provided under § 5–408 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the apprentice corrects each alleged violation within 10 days of notice, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dismiss the complaint; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the apprentice written notification of the dismissal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
