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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="2-308" title_number="2" title_name="Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech–language Pathologists, and Music Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided for a limited license in §§ 2–310 through 2–310.3 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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 2 months before the license expires, the Board shall contact the licensee by electronic means or first–class mail at the last known electronic or physical address provided by the licensee and advise the licensee of:</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, 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>Evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirement set under this section for license renewal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Evidence that each audiometer in use has been calibrated within 12 months before the date the license is renewed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of having completed a State and national criminal history records check in accordance with § 2–303.1 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, by rule or regulation, shall establish continuing education 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>A licensee has a grace period of 30 days after a license expires in which to renew it retroactively, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to have the license renewed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee and any 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 § 2–303.1 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 § 2–303.1 of this subtitle has not been received.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless otherwise required, a renewal applicant who previously has 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>
