# State Government (GSG)

## Title 10. Governmental Procedures

### Subtitle 14A

#### Section 10-14A-03

(a) A member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service who relocates to the State because of an assignment or detail to the State and holds a license issued by another state may practice in the State under the license for the duration of the assignment or detail if the member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service:

  (1) provides the licensing authority with a copy of the notification of assignment or detail;

  (2) remains in good standing with the regulatory authority that issued the license;

  (3) remains in good standing in all states in which the applicant holds or has held a license of a similar scope of practice and in the same discipline;

  (4) has actively used the license during the 2 years immediately preceding the relocation; and

  (5) complies with the standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing education requirements required by the licensing authority.

(b) If a member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service is authorized to practice in the State under subsection (a) of this section:

  (1) the member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service may practice under the license only in the discipline and to the extent of the scope of practice within which the license allows the member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service to practice in the other state; and

  (2) the licensing authority may not require the member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service to obtain a license issued by the licensing authority unless the member of the Foreign Service or the spouse of a member of the Foreign Service is seeking to practice in a different discipline or within a different scope of practice than that described in item (1) of this subsection.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)