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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-1402" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Licensing -- Controlled Dangerous Substance Offenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, as a condition on the issuance or renewal of a license, a licensing authority may require an individual applying for a license to disclose whether the individual has been convicted of a drug crime committed on or after January 1, 1991.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to § 10–1405 of this subtitle, if an individual applying for a license has been convicted of a drug crime committed on or after January 1, 1991, a licensing authority may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>refuse to issue a license to the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>issue a license to the individual subject to any terms and conditions that the licensing authority considers appropriate under § 10–1404 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A licensing authority may suspend or revoke a licensee’s license if the licensee fails to disclose information that the licensing authority requires under subsection (a) of this section, unless the licensee shows good cause for the failure to disclose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a licensing authority, on or before January 1, 1990, required an applicant for an initial license or a license renewal to disclose a criminal record or prior offense related to a controlled dangerous substance, this section may not be construed to prohibit the licensing authority from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>continuing to require an applicant to disclose a criminal record or prior offense related to a controlled dangerous substance, regardless of the date of the offense; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>taking any action authorized by law, including refusing to issue a license, if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>discloses a criminal record or prior offense related to a controlled dangerous substance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>wrongfully conceals a criminal record or prior offense related to a controlled dangerous substance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
