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<chapter num="04" heading="Fees" title_num="09" subtitle_num="21">
  <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 3, Annotated Code of Maryland. In particular, it is intended to set various fees 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 meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Board” means the State Board of Architects.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Design boards” means collectively the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Board;</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>State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.</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 by reciprocity — $56;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Reinstatement fee — $112.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Retired Status. The Board sets the fee for a retired status license at $56.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An applicant shall pay the examination fees directly to NCARB, as these fees are established by NCARB.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Effective October 1, 2009, an applicant shall pay directly to NCARB or its designee a security and development fee per each section of the ARE, as such fee is established by NCARB.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§3-101, 3-208, 3-209, 3-304, 3-306, 3-307, 3-309, 3-309.1, 3-309.2, 3-310, 3-405, 3-406, and 3-408; 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">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. 1578)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2009 (36:23 Md. R. 1815); amended permanently effective January 14, 2010 (37:1 Md. R. 14)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective November 14, 2011 (38:23 Md. R. 1420)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective April 9, 2007 (34:7 Md. R. 698); November 1, 2010 (37:22 Md. R. 1553); January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 13); May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 525)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2005 (32:15 Md. R. 1314); amended permanently effective November 7, 2005 (32:22 Md. R. 1756); October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1165); May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 525)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03C amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 402)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>