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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-308" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Board shall license any applicant who meets the requirements for a license as:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A registered nurse under this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensed practical nurse under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Issue each new licensee a license number and registration certificate that indicates that the initial license was issued by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Electronically record each license in the Board’s database and on the Board’s Web site.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each license shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any expiration date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The type of license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any certification.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of the criminal history record information of an applicant for licensure or certification forwarded to the Board in accordance with § 8–303 of this subtitle, in determining whether to grant a license or a certificate, 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>Other evidence that demonstrates whether the applicant poses a threat to the public health or safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Board may not issue a license or a certificate if the criminal history record information required under § 8–303 of this subtitle has not been received.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board may grant a 90–day extension of a temporary license pending receipt of criminal history record information.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
