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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="2-310.1" title_number="2" title_name="Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech–language Pathologists, and Music Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board shall issue a limited license to practice hearing aid dispensing to an individual who is waiting to take a licensing examination under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a limited license to practice hearing aid dispensing only to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for completing the requirements under § 2–302.1(c) of this subtitle, otherwise qualifies for a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submits to the Board an application on the form that the Board provides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Satisfies the Board that the individual will practice hearing aid dispensing only within the scope allowed under subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays to the Board the application fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>While a limited license to practice hearing aid dispensing is in effect, it authorizes the holder to practice hearing aid dispensing only while being trained under the supervision of a licensed hearing aid dispenser or a licensed audiologist.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A limited license to practice hearing aid dispensing expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Board may renew once for an additional 1–year term the limited license to practice hearing aid dispensing to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Takes but fails to pass the examination; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Does not take the examination for a reason that the Board finds adequate to excuse the failure to take the examination;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The total amount of time during which an individual may practice hearing aid dispensing under a limited license or licenses may not be more than 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If a limited licensee fails to receive a full license within 2 years after the initial limited license was issued, the individual shall wait a minimum of 1 year before the individual may apply for another license.</text>
  </level>
</section>
