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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="6-503" title_number="6" title_name="Electricians" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Reciprocity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the limitations in this subtitle, an individual may qualify for a reciprocal license from the State Board if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is registered with a local jurisdiction of the State to provide electrical services in the local jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>applies for a reciprocal license of the same class or type as the applicant’s local registration that the State Board issues; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at the time of application, does not have:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the same class or type of registration suspended or revoked by a local jurisdiction of the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a record of outstanding violations of the regulations of a local jurisdiction of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Board shall waive any of the qualifications required for a license under this title for an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is registered with a local jurisdiction of the State, to provide the same class or type of electrical services as those permitted by the license for which the applicant is seeking a waiver; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets the waiver requirements of subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The State Board shall grant a waiver under this section for an applicant who is registered with a local jurisdiction only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>qualified for the registration by passing an examination given in the local jurisdiction; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>has been registered for at least 1 year immediately before the date of application; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>qualified for the registration other than by passing an examination in the local jurisdiction; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>has been registered for at least 2 years immediately before the date of application;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submits a written statement from the local jurisdiction certifying:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if the registration was earned on the basis of an examination, the date of registration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the registrant:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is in good standing with the local jurisdiction; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>has no record of outstanding violations of regulations of the local jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays any reciprocal license fee set by the State Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>if required, submits proof of general liability insurance to the State Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>complies with any other licensing requirements of the State Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
