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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="20-306" title_number="20" title_name="Residential Child Care Program Professionals" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Certification Process">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive any examination requirement of this title for an individual who is certified as a program administrator in any other state that the Board determines has a comparable certification process to the one established in this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is of good moral character;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays the application fee required by the Board under § 20–303 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provides adequate evidence that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At the time the applicant was certified in the other state, the applicant was qualified to take the examination that then was required by the laws of this State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The applicant qualified for a certificate in the other state by passing an examination given in that or any other state; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The applicant has completed a State and national criminal history records check.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
