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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-309" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a license expires on the date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section. A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in § 4–303.1 of this subtitle, a limited license to practice dentistry expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A teacher’s license to practice dentistry or a teacher’s license to practice dental hygiene expires on the earlier of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The date when the licensee ceases to be a full–time or part–time faculty member at the institution named on the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a teacher’s license to practice dentistry expires because the licensee no longer is a full–time or part–time faculty member at the institution named on the license, the licensee shall surrender the license to the Board secretary within 30 days.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by electronic means or first–class mail to the last known electronic or physical 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; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
