# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 21. Environmental Health Specialists

### Subtitle 3. Licensing

#### Section 21-310

(a)

  (1) The Board shall place a licensed environmental health specialist on inactive status for a period not to exceed 4 years if the licensed environmental health specialist:

    (i) Submits to the Board a written application for inactive status on a form the Board requires; and

    (ii) Pays to the Board the inactive status fee set by the Board.

  (2) The Board shall provide to a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on inactive status written notification of:

    (i) The date the license has expired or will expire;

    (ii) The date the licensed environmental health specialist's inactive status became effective;

    (iii) The date the licensed environmental health specialist's inactive status expires; and

    (iv) The consequences of not reactivating the license before the inactive status expires.

  (3) The Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who is on inactive status if the licensed environmental health specialist:

    (i) Applies to the Board for reactivation of the license before the inactive status expires;

    (ii) Complies with the license renewal requirements that are in effect when the licensed environmental health specialist applies for reactivation;

    (iii) Has completed the number of credit hours of approved continuing education set by the Board; and

    (iv) Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board.

(b)

  (1) The Board shall place a licensed environmental health specialist on nonrenewed status for a period not to exceed 4 years if the licensed environmental health specialist failed to renew the license for any reason.

  (2) The Board shall provide to a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on nonrenewed status written notification of:

    (i) The date the license expired;

    (ii) The date the licensed environmental health specialist's nonrenewed status became effective;

    (iii) The date the licensed environmental health specialist's nonrenewed status expires; and

    (iv) The consequences of not reactivating the license before the nonrenewed status expires.

  (3) The Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on nonrenewed status if the licensed environmental health specialist:

    (i) Applies to the Board for reactivation of the license before the nonrenewed status expires;

    (ii) Complies with the license renewal requirements that are in effect when the individual applies for reactivation;

    (iii) Has completed the number of credit hours of approved continuing education set by the Board; and

    (iv) Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who was placed on inactive or nonrenewed status if the licensed environmental health specialist:

  (1) Applies to the Board for reactivation after the inactive or nonrenewed status expired;

  (2) Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board and any other fees required by the Board;

  (3) Provides any documentation required by the Board on the form the Board requires; and

  (4) Passes the examination, if any, that is required by the Board in regulation.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2027, a licensed environmental health specialist applying for the reactivation of an inactive or nonrenewed license shall submit satisfactory evidence of submitting to a criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 21-302.1 of this subtitle.

(e) The Board may not reactivate a license if the criminal history record information has not been received.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)