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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="6-304" title_number="6" title_name="Massage Therapy" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses and Registrations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To apply for a license or registration, an applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Submit to the Board an application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submit to the Board evidence of compliance with the requirements of § 6–302 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pay the application fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall issue a license or registration to any applicant who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Pays a license or registration fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall include on each license and registration that the Board issues the kind of license or registration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of the criminal history record information of an applicant for licensure or registration forwarded to the Board in accordance with § 6–303 of this subtitle, in determining whether to grant a license or registration, the Board shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The age at which the crime was committed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The circumstances surrounding the crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The length of time that has passed since the crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Subsequent work history;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Employment and character references; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Any other evidence that demonstrates whether the applicant poses a threat to the public health or safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not issue a license or registration if the criminal history record information required under § 6–303 of this subtitle has not been received.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
