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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-322" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The authority of the Board established under this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Vests with the Board at the time an individual applies for licensure or to practice under the multistate licensing privilege;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Continues during periods of licensure; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Includes authority over an individual holding an expired license, a lapsed license, or a temporary license that has expired under § 8–315(c) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The authority of the Board shall be continuous over an individual applicant, licensee, or holder of a multistate licensing privilege and may not be divested by withdrawal of an application, when a license expires or lapses, or when a temporary license expires.</text>
  </level>
</section>
