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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="20-311" title_number="20" title_name="Residential Child Care Program Professionals" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Certification Process">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall reinstate the certificate of a program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner who has failed to renew the certificate for any reason, if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has not had the certificate suspended or revoked;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the renewal requirements of § 20–310 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pays to the Board the reinstatement fee set by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Submits to the Board satisfactory evidence of compliance with the qualifications and requirements established under this title for certificate reinstatements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Provides fingerprints for use by the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct a State and national criminal history records check;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Provides evidence of application for a child protective services background clearance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Applies to the Board for reinstatement of the certificate within 5 years after the certificate expires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may not reinstate the certificate of a program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner who fails to apply for reinstatement of the certificate within 5 years after the certificate expires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>However, the program administrator or residential child and youth care practitioner may be certified by meeting the current requirements for obtaining a new certificate under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may, at its discretion, waive the requirement in subsection (a)(6) of this section for an out–of–state applicant who presents evidence to the Board that circumstances beyond the applicant’s control prevent the applicant from obtaining, from the applicant’s state of residence, a background clearance that is equivalent to a child protective services background clearance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
