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<chapter num="05" heading="Fees" title_num="09" subtitle_num="13">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>This chapter is intended to carry out the provisions of Business Regulation Article, §§2-106.1 and 2-106.2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 15, Annotated Code of Maryland. In particular, it is intended to set various fees in order to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Certified Interior Designers, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the State Board for Professional Engineers, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Board” means the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Design boards” means collectively the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>State Board of Architects;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>State Board of Certified Interior Designers;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>State Board for Professional Engineers; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Board.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“License fee” means the fee paid by an applicant or licensee, as applicable, in connection with the issuance and renewal of a license and the issuance of a reciprocal license.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“Permit fee” means the fee paid in connection with the issuance and renewal of a permit.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Fees and Costs.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Secretary and the design boards have agreed to average their direct and indirect costs, based on the calculation of costs performed by the Secretary in consultation with the design boards. Based on these calculations, the Board sets the following fees:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>License fee — $86;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Permit fee — $112;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Nonrefundable initial application fee payable in connection with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>An application for permit — $39;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An application for license — $56;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Reinstatement fee — $112;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Verification fee — $22;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Replacement license certificate fee — $39.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An applicant for the appropriate licensing examination shall pay examination fees directly to the Board or its designee, as these fees are established by the National Council of Examiners of Engineers and Surveyors.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An applicant shall pay $39 to the Board or its designee in connection with the Maryland Law and Ethics Issues portion of the examination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>An applicant shall pay $39 to the Board or its designee in connection with the Maryland Storm Drain and Road Grade portion of the examination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>An applicant approved by the Board to take the appropriate licensing examination, and for whom the Board ordered appropriate examination materials, is not entitled to a refund of applicable fees paid under §B, C, or D of this regulation. An applicant who notifies the Board of the applicant's election not to take the appropriate licensing examination before the Board orders appropriate examination materials is entitled to a refund of applicable fees under §B, C, or D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>An applicant for the appropriate licensing examination shall pay to the Board’s designee the testing service fee in connection with the testing services.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Retired Status License.">
    <text>The Board sets the following fees in connection with a retired status license:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Retired status license fee — $25;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Reactivation from retired status fee — $100 for each lapsed licensing period, but not to exceed $300.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§15-101, 15-205, 15-207—15-209, 15-306, 15-307, 15-307.1, 15-311, 15-312, 15-314—15-316, 15-321, 15-403, 15-404, and 15-406; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106, 2-106.1, and 2-106.2; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: August 16, 1993 (20:16 Md. R. 1277)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective December 18, 1995 (22:25 Md. R. 1961)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 5, 1997 (24:20 Md. R. 1401); adopted permanently effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 76)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective December 18, 1998 (26:2 Md. R. 103); amended permanently effective May 3, 1999 (26:9 Md. R. 730)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective February 25, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 703); emergency status expired August 22, 2000; amended permanently effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1975)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A, B amended as an emergency provision effective December 11, 2000 (27:26 Md. R. 2354); amended permanently effective April 30, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 759)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 932); adopted permanently effective November 10, 2003 (300:22 Md. R. 1578)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 524)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective April 9, 2007 (34:7 Md. R. 697); November 1, 2010 (37:22 Md. R. 1553); January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2162)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended effective May 10, 2004 (31:9 Md. R. 712); July 31, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1280)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective April 13, 2008 (35:9 Md. R. 891); amended permanently effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1246)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended effective November 25, 2013 (40:23 Md. R. 1933)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended effective July 31, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1280)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1650); adopted permanently effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 314)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>