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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.19.03.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="19" chapter_num="03" heading="Registration: Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An authorized provider or establishment required to obtain and maintain a registration certificate as set forth under this chapter shall pay the appropriate fees as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>New registration certificate — $120;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Renewal registration certificate — $120;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Amend a registration certificate — $50;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Change of ownership fee — $144;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Duplicate registration certificate — $30; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Reinstatement — $50.00.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Applicants exempt from registration fees include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except for contractual positions, an employee of a hospital, clinic, institution, facility, or unit operated by a local or State government agency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An agency, excluding a State agency and its employees, for which the State is responsible for payment of the fee, provided that the exemption is approved by the Secretary; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A person included in 21 CFR §§1301.21.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Refunds and Credits.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Secretary may not issue a credit towards or refund any registration fees to an applicant, including but not limited to, an applicant who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Withdraws a registration application;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Voluntarily or involuntarily ceases to manufacture, distribute, dispense, order, and store a controlled substances before a registration certificate expires; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Does not complete the application as set forth in Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, shall review the refund request and determine if a refund of any amount is appropriate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A registrant who has lost a registration certificate is required to pay a duplicate registration fee as set forth in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Department may not issue a new or a renewed registration certificate until all required fees are paid.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Department-issued registration certificate shall be readily available to any agent or representative of the Secretary within the registered location.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>