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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6D-08" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6D" subtitle_name="Licensed Certified Midwives">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license expires on a date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 3 months before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee a renewal notice by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>First–class mail to the last known mailing address of the licensee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Electronic means to the last known e–mail address of the licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A renewal notice shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The date on which the current license expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <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="iii">
        <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a licensee is required to have a criminal history records check before a license may be renewed, the Board shall send the licensee  information regarding how the licensee may complete the required criminal history records check.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional term if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board as required by § 8–6D–05 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board, by paper or electronic submission:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of current certification as a certified midwife by AMCB.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may grant a 30–day extension, beyond a license’s expiration date, to a licensee so that the licensee may renew the license before it expires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Subject to subsection (i) of this section, the Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each licensee shall notify the Board in writing of any change in the name or address of the licensee within 60 days after the change occurred.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a licensee fails to notify the Board within the time required under this subsection, subject to the hearing provisions of § 8–317 of this title, the Board may impose an administrative penalty of $100.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board shall reinstate the license of a licensee who has failed to renew the license for any reason if the licensee meets the renewal requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A criminal history records check is required in accordance with § 8–303 of this title on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Selected annual renewal applicants as determined by regulations adopted by the Board; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Each licensee who files for reinstatement under subsection (h) of this section after failing to renew the license for a period of 1 year or more.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An additional criminal history records check shall be performed every 12 years thereafter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of the criminal history record information of a licensee forwarded to the Board in accordance with § 8–303 of this title, in determining whether to initiate a disciplinary action against a licensee based on the information received, 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 licensee poses a threat to the public health or safety.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board may not renew a license without written documentation that the applicant has submitted to a criminal history records check required under § 8–303 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
