The following standards shall be applied by an officer, commissioner, commission, and board within the Maryland Department of Labor to the extent the officer, commissioner, commission, or board has authority to consider the effect of a criminal conviction on the grant, denial, renewal, or revocation of a license. The following standards shall be considered in the grant, denial, renewal, or revocation of a license, when an applicant or licensee has been convicted of a crime: The nature of the crime; The relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the license; The relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to perform the occupation authorized by the license; Other crimes of which the applicant or licensee has been convicted; The length of time since the conviction; The behavior and activities of the applicant or licensee before, and subsequent to, the conviction. Business Regulation Article, §2-105, Annotated Code of Maryland;57 Attorney General Opinion 355 (1972) Effective date: August 12, 1996 (23:16 Md. R. 1175)