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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="6-306" title_number="6" title_name="Massage Therapy" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licenses and Registrations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a licensed massage therapist or registered massage practitioner fails for any reason to renew a license or registration, the Board shall reinstate the license or registration if the former licensed massage therapist or former registered massage practitioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applies to the Board for reinstatement of the license or registration within 5 years after the license or registration expires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the renewal requirements of § 6–305 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board satisfactory evidence of having completed a State and national criminal history records check in accordance with § 6–303 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays to the Board the reinstatement fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection, the Board may not reinstate the license of a former licensed massage therapist or registration of a former registered massage practitioner who fails to apply for reinstatement of the license or registration within 5 years after the license or registration expires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A former licensed massage therapist may apply for a new license by meeting the licensing requirements in effect at the time of application for obtaining a new license under this title and any additional requirements determined by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A former registered massage practitioner who fails to apply for reinstatement of the registration within 5 years after the registration expires may be reinstated only by meeting the licensing requirements in effect for obtaining a new license under this title and any additional requirements determined by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
