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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12.5-211" title_number="12.5" title_name="Locksmiths" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 12.5–212 of this subtitle, the Secretary may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee or an agent, employee, manager, or partner of the applicant or licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license or photo identification card for the applicant or licensee or for another person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a license or photo identification card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>presents or attempts to present the license or photo identification card of another licensee or employee of a licensee as the applicant’s or licensee’s license or photo identification card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>uses or attempts to use an expired, suspended, or revoked license or false photo identification card;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>has a similar license or certificate denied, suspended, or revoked in another jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of a:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>felony; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to be involved in providing locksmith services;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>knowingly employs or knowingly continues to employ an individual who, under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a felony that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the employee to be involved in providing locksmith services; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the employee to be involved in providing locksmith services;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>fails to maintain the liability insurance required under § 12.5–205 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>engages in a pattern of unfair or deceptive trade practices under the Consumer Protection Act, as determined by a final administrative order or judicial decision;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>knowingly uses or permits the use of any of the licensee’s or an employee of a licensee’s skills, tools, or facilities for the commission of any crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>willfully fails to provide or willfully misrepresents any information required to be provided under this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>violates this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>violates a regulation adopted under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Instead of or in addition to reprimanding a licensee or suspending or revoking a license under this subsection, the Secretary may impose a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To determine the amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the good faith of the licensee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>any history of previous violations by the licensee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary shall consider the following facts in the granting, denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of a license or the reprimand of an applicant or licensee when an applicant or licensee is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in subsection (a)(1)(vi) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the nature of the crime;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>with respect to a felony, the relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to act as a locksmith;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the length of time since the conviction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the behavior and activities of the applicant or licensee before and after the conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
