# Environment (GEN)

## Title 12. Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators

### Subtitle 3. Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators

#### Section 12-308

(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of Sec. 12-309 of this subtitle, the Board may deny certification or temporary certification to any applicant, if the applicant:

  (1) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a certificate or temporary certificate for the applicant or for another; or

  (2) Fraudulently or deceptively uses a certificate or temporary certificate.

(b) Subject to the hearing provisions of Sec. 12-309 of this subtitle, the Board may reprimand any certificate holder, or suspend or revoke a certification or temporary certification, if:

  (1) The certificate holder:

    (i) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a certificate or temporary certificate for the certificate holder or another; or

    (ii) Fraudulently or deceptively uses a certificate or temporary certificate; or

  (2) The Board has any other reasonable cause for the action.

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