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<chapter num="04" heading="Fees" title_num="09" subtitle_num="23">
  <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 14, 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 meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Board” means the State Board for Professional Engineers.</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>Board; 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 limited license and a reciprocal license.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <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>Engineer-in-training certification fee — $17;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Nonrefundable initial application fee payable in connection with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>An application for license — $56;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An application for license by reciprocity — $56;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Reinstatement fee — $112;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Retired Status License fee — $56;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Reactivation fee — $112;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Verification fee — $22;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Replacement license certificate fee — $39.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An applicant for the appropriate licensing examination shall pay the examination, re-examination, or testing service fees directly to the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), as these fees are established by NCEES.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An applicant approved by the Board to take the appropriate licensing examination, and to whom the Board or the Board’s designee sent an applicable admission notice, is not entitled to a refund of applicable fees paid under §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>An applicant who notifies the Board or the Board’s designee of the applicant's election not to take the appropriate licensing examination before the Board or the Board’s designee sends to the applicant an applicable admission notice is entitled to a refund of applicable fees under §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§14-101, 14-205, 14-207—14-209, 14-306, 14-307, 14-307.1, 14-310—14-312, 14-314—14-316, and 14-320; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106, 2-106.1, and 2-106.2; State Government Article, §10-204; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 28, 1981 (8:19 Md. R. 1565)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective April 25, 1983 (10:8 Md. R. 725); December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2745); August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914); October 17, 1988 (15:21 Md. R. 2468); July 19, 1993 (20:14 Md. R. 1168); February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 276)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1335); adopted permanently effective December 29, 1997 (24:26 Md. R. 1757)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 15, 1998 (25:23 Md. R. 1694); emergency status expired April 15, 1999</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1017); emergency status expired August 22, 2000; amended permanently effective October 18, 1999 (26:21 Md. R. 1629)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective December 11, 2000 (28:1 Md. R. 20); amended permanently effective April 30, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 760)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective February 25, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 703); amended permanently effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1975)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 adopted effective December 24, 1982 (9:24 Md. R. 2389)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1705)</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. 933); adopted permanently effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective July 11, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 789)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 560); November 1, 2010 (37:22 Md. R. 1553); January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); March 4, 2013 (40:4 Md. R. 345); December 12, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2016); July 8, 2024 (51:13 Md. R. 647)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended effective May 10, 2004 (31:9 Md. R. 712)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective April 13, 2008 (35:9 Md. R. 892); amended permanently effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1246)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B, E amended as an emergency provision effective April 4, 2006 (33:9 Md. R. 795); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1365)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B amended effective January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); November 11, 2013 (40:22 Md. R. 1876); April 24, 2017 (Md. R. 402); September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03E repealed effective September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>