<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-612" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Electrical Code">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 12–613 of this subtitle, the State Fire Marshal may deny a certificate to an applicant, refuse to renew a certificate, reprimand a certificate holder, suspend or revoke a certificate, or impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 if the applicant or certificate holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a certificate for the applicant or another;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses the certificate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>engages in an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice, as defined in § 13–301 of the Commercial Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>willfully or deliberately disregards or violates a building code, electrical code, or law of the State or a local jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>while not certified, solicits to engage in or willfully engages in providing electrical inspection services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>while not certified, willfully advertises as a certified nongovernmental electrical inspector;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>willfully makes a false statement or misrepresentation in any renewal application or in any other document that the State Fire Marshal requires to be submitted; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>violates any other provision of this subtitle or any regulation adopted by the State Fire Marshal under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In determining the appropriate penalty to be imposed under subsection (a) of this section, the State Fire Marshal shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the gravity of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the number and gravity of previous violations by the same violator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the harm caused to the complainant, the public, and the electrical inspector profession;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the assets of the violator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other factors that the State Fire Marshal considers relevant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
