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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="10-311" title_number="10" title_name="Occupational Therapists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license expires on a date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before the license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by electronic means or first–class mail to the last known electronic or physical address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The date on which the current license expires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, before the license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional term, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing competency requirements and other qualifications and requirements set under this section for license renewal; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of having completed a State and national criminal history records check in accordance with § 10–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other qualifications and requirements established by the Board, the Board may establish continuing competency requirements as a condition to the renewal of licenses under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to subsection (g) of this section, the Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall renew the license of an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant who has failed to renew the license for any reason if the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applies for renewal within 30 days after the deadline for renewal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the renewal requirements of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays to the Board the late fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of the criminal history record information of an applicant for licensure forwarded to the Board in accordance with § 10–302.1 of this subtitle, in determining whether to grant a license, the Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The age at which the crime was committed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The nature of the crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The circumstances surrounding the crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The length of time that has passed since the crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Subsequent work history;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Employment and character references; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Any other evidence that demonstrates whether the applicant poses a threat to the public health or safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not renew a license if the criminal history record information required under § 10–302.1 of this subtitle has not been received.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless otherwise required, a renewal applicant who has previously completed the criminal history records check as required for the Board’s application process does not have to submit to a subsequent criminal history records check for license renewal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
