# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 8. Home Improvement

### Subtitle 3. Licensing

#### Section 8-308.1

(a) The Commission shall place the license of a licensee on inactive status, and issue an inactive status certificate to the licensee, if the licensee:

  (1) submits to the Commission an application for inactive status on the form that the Commission provides;

  (2) pays to the Commission an inactive status application fee set by the Commission;

  (3) except for the liability insurance requirement of Sec. 8-302.1 of this subtitle, qualifies for an active license; and

  (4) returns the license of the licensee to the Commission.

(b)

  (1) The holder of a contractor license that is on inactive status may not act as a contractor in the State.

  (2) The holder of a salesperson license that is on inactive status may not sell a home improvement in the State.

(c)

  (1) The holder of a contractor license that is on inactive status is not required to meet the liability insurance requirement of Sec. 8-302.1 of this subtitle.

  (2) The holder of a contractor license that is on inactive status is not subject to an assessment for the Fund under Sec. 8-404(b) of this title.

(d) The placement of a license on inactive status does not affect the power of the Commission to suspend or revoke the license or to take any other disciplinary action against the licensee.

(e)

  (1) A licensee whose license is on inactive status remains responsible for renewing the license as required under Sec. 8-308 of this subtitle.

  (2) The holder of a contractor license that is on inactive status may renew the license without complying with the liability insurance requirement of Sec. 8-302.1 of this subtitle.

  (3) A licensee whose license is on inactive status shall pay to the Commission a renewal fee set by the Commission.

(f) The Commission shall reactivate the license of a licensee that is on inactive status and reissue the license to the licensee, if the licensee:

  (1) submits to the Commission an application for reactivation on the form that the Commission provides;

  (2) pays to the Commission a reissuance fee set by the Commission; and

  (3) meets the requirements for a license, including, in the case of a contractor, the liability insurance requirement under Sec. 8-302.1 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)