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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="21-309" title_number="21" title_name="Environmental Health Specialists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license expires on the date specified on the license, unless it is renewed for a 2–year term as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before the license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by first–class mail or electronic means to the last known address or electronic mail 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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of the renewal fee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The hours of approved training required for renewal of licensure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before the license expires, the licensee 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 the renewal fee set by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Submits to the Board proof that during the previous 2–year period, the licensee has acquired 20 hours of approved training in environmental health or other equivalent education as approved by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If licensed before July 1, 2027, submits satisfactory evidence of submitting to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 21–302.1 of this subtitle for the licensee’s first renewal after July 1, 2027.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The renewal license shall bear the same serial number assigned to the licensee at the time of the original registration or licensure.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A licensee shall notify the Board of any change in the address of the licensee within 60 days after the change occurs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
