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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2426" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 9–2428 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, suspend or revoke a license, require a licensee to attend an educational course or training, or impose a penalty on a licensee if the applicant or licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fraudulently or deceptively:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>uses a license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>provides sign language interpretation services after the expiration of a license;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is deemed legally incompetent to provide sign language interpretation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>engages in dishonest, unethical, immoral, or unprofessional conduct;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>uses alcohol or drugs before or during a sign language interpreting assignment, to the extent of being unfit to provide sign language interpretation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>advertises by means of knowingly false or deceptive statements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>under the laws of the United States or of any state, is convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor that is directly related to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to provide sign language interpretation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>is the subject of disciplinary or other administrative action taken against the individual’s certification or license to provide sign language interpretation services in another state; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>violates any provision of this part or any regulation adopted by the Board under this part.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee whose license is suspended or revoked under subsection (a) of this section shall return the license to the Board in the manner required by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection may be subject to additional disciplinary action by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
