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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-833" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Elevator Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, unless a license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the second anniversary of its effective date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may determine that licenses issued under Part III of this subtitle shall expire on a staggered basis.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a renewal application form; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notice that states:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date on which the current license expires; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the amount of the renewal fee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an electronic transmission under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, the materials required under paragraph (1) of this subsection within 10 business days of the date the Board received the notice that the electronic transmission was undeliverable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before the license expires, the licensee periodically may renew the license for an additional 2-year term if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays the renewal fee to the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>require a demonstration of continuing professional competency for a licensee as a condition of renewal of a license under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish criteria for continuing education providers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide for a temporary waiver of continuing education under specified circumstances; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>set record keeping criteria for approved continuing education providers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall renew the license of and issue a renewal certificate to each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
