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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 09.15.02.04" title_num="09" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="02" heading="Restoration of Expired License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board may restore the license of an individual who has failed to renew the license for any reason if the individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Applies for restoration within 4 years of expiration of the license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be licensed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An individual who fails to seek the restoration of a license within 4 years days of expiration of the license shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>File a written letter with the Board providing:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The reasons the individual permitted the license to expire,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An explanation for the individual's failure to file a timely application for license renewal or restoration,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A statement of the individual's employment and job duties since the license expiration, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Any documentation to support the individual's claims; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Appear in person before the Board to show good and valid cause why the individual's license should be restored, if the Board requires the individual to do so.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Restore an expired license of the applicant under this regulation if the applicant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is otherwise entitled to be licensed, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pays to the Board all past due renewal fees, and any applicable reinstatement and late fees;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Require the applicant to pay the applicable examination fees, and take and successfully pass the written examination required for the license previously held by the applicant; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Consider the applicant as having never been licensed, in accordance with Business Regulation Article, §9A-309(e)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland, thus requiring the filing of a new application and complying with Business Regulation Article, §9A-302, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>