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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="5-423" title_number="5" title_name="Forests and Parks" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trees and Forest Nurseries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not: (1) solicit, advertise, or represent the person to the public as a tree expert, or assume to practice as a tree expert without having received a license; or (2) after having received the license and subsequently losing it by revocation or suspension continue to practice as a tree expert; or (3) use the title or abbreviation “L.T.E.” or any other words, letters, or abbreviations tending to indicate that the person is a licensed tree expert or a tree expert without having received a license, or when the license has been revoked or suspended.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the owner of a tree employs any person to engage in the practice of a “licensed tree expert” as provided in § 5–415 of this subtitle, the owner is not subject to this penalty.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not advertise that the person can provide tree services, including treatment, care, or removal of trees, unless the advertisement includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license number of the licensed tree expert advertising tree services in one of the following forms: “Licensed Tree Expert No.___” or “L.T.E. No.___”; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement that all tree services are limited to trees 20 feet tall or less.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
