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<chapter num="01" heading="General Regulations" title_num="09" subtitle_num="18">
  <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 8, 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 of Certified Interior Designers.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Certificate fee” means the fee paid by an applicant or certificate holder, as applicable, in connection with the issuance and renewal of a certificate and the issuance of a reciprocal certificate.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Design boards” means collectively the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>State Board of Architects;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Board;</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>State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“NCIDQ” means the National Council of Interior Design Qualification.</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>Certificate fee — $86;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Nonrefundable initial application fee payable in connection with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>An application for certificate — $39;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An application for certificate by reciprocity — $56;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Reinstatement fee — $112.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An applicant shall pay the examination fees directly to the NCIDQ, as these fees are established by NCIDQ.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§8-101, 8-206, 8-207, 8-302—8-305, 8-307, and 8-309; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106.1 and 2-106.2; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 31, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 272); emergency status extended at 21:11 Md. R. 948; adopted permanently effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1382)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective July 17, 1995 (22:14 Md. R. 1052)</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 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective April 23, 2007 (34:8 Md. R. 767); March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 300); May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 524)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>