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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="16-307" title_number="16" title_name="Podiatrists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided for a limited license in § 16-317 of this subtitle, a license expires on the date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section. A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before a 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>Before the license expires, a licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2-year 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; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirements set under this subtitle for license renewal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may establish continuing education requirements as a condition to the renewal of licenses under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A podiatrist has a grace period of 30 days after the podiatrist’s license expires in which to renew the license retroactively, if the podiatrist:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Otherwise is entitled to have the license renewed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee and any late fee set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the grace period of 30 days:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The expired license lapses into a nonrenewal status; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board may require the licensee to meet the requirements of § 16-308 to be reinstated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
