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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-308" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license expires on the date set by the Board unless it is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board shall send to each licensee, at least 1 month before a license expires, a renewal notice by electronic means to the last known e–mail address of the licensee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If requested by a licensee, the Board shall send to the licensee a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the licensee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a renewal notice sent by electronic means under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall send to the licensee a renewal notice by first–class mail to the last known address of the licensee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A renewal notice sent under this subsection shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the current license expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <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="iii">
        <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before the license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional term set by the Board in its regulations, 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; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirements set under this subtitle for license renewal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Beginning July 1, 2027, the Board shall require all licensees who were initially licensed without a criminal history records check to submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 12–302.1 of this subtitle on renewal as set forth in regulations adopted by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall renew the license of and issue a renewal certificate to each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
