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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-122" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulated Firearms">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall disapprove a firearm application if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary determines that the firearm applicant supplied false information or made a false statement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Secretary determines that the firearm application is not properly completed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Secretary receives written notification from the firearm applicant’s licensed attending physician that the firearm applicant suffers from a mental disorder and is a danger to the firearm applicant or to another.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Secretary disapproves a firearm application, the Secretary shall notify the prospective seller, lessor, or transferor in writing of the disapproval within 7 days after the date that the executed firearm application is forwarded to the Secretary by certified mail or facsimile machine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After notifying the prospective seller, lessor, or transferor under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall notify the prospective purchaser, lessee, or transferee in writing of the disapproval.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The date when the prospective seller, lessor, or transferor forwards the executed firearm application to the Secretary by certified mail or by facsimile machine is the first day of the 7-day period allowed for notice of disapproval to the prospective seller, lessor, or transferor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
