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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="21-310" title_number="21" title_name="Environmental Health Specialists" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Submits to the Board a written application for inactive status on a form the Board requires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Pays to the Board the inactive status fee set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall provide to a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on inactive status written notification of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date the license has expired or will expire;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date the licensed environmental health specialist’s inactive status became effective;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date the licensed environmental health specialist’s inactive status expires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The consequences of not reactivating the license before the inactive status expires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who is on inactive status if the licensed environmental health specialist:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Applies to the Board for reactivation of the license before the inactive status expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Complies with the license renewal requirements that are in effect when the licensed environmental health specialist applies for reactivation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Has completed the number of credit hours of approved continuing education set by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall provide to a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on nonrenewed status written notification of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date the license expired;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date the licensed environmental health specialist’s nonrenewed status became effective;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date the licensed environmental health specialist’s nonrenewed status expires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The consequences of not reactivating the license before the nonrenewed status expires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on nonrenewed status if the licensed environmental health specialist:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Applies to the Board for reactivation of the license before the nonrenewed status expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Complies with the license renewal requirements that are in effect when the individual applies for reactivation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Has completed the number of credit hours of approved continuing education set by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applies to the Board for reactivation after the inactive or nonrenewed status expired;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board the reactivation processing fee set by the Board and any other fees required by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provides any documentation required by the Board on the form the Board requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Passes the examination, if any, that is required by the Board in regulation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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 § 21–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may not reactivate a license if the criminal history record information has not been received.</text>
  </level>
</section>
