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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.32.01.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="01" heading="Reinstatement Expired, Emeritus, or Inactive Licenses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A physician who has failed to renew a license by the license expiration date and whose license has been placed on inactive status or whose license has been placed on emeritus status shall apply for reinstatement on a form supplied by the Board in order to resume the practice of medicine in this State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A physician applying for reinstatement shall pay a reinstatement fee and any additional charges set by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A physician applying for reinstatement shall submit documentation of completing the required number of CME hours for reinstatement as defined in Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A physician applying for reinstatement may be denied reinstatement subject to the hearing provisions of Health Occupations Article, §14-405, Annotated Code of Maryland, for any of the grounds listed in Health Occupations Article, §14-404, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A physician applying for reinstatement shall provide the Board with a detailed description of activities which have occurred since the last renewal application or, in the case of a physician who has never renewed, since the date when a medical licensure application was submitted to the Board. This description may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the information required under Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A physician applying for reinstatement may be required to pass the SPEX or COMVEX-USA examination if the physician:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Last passed a medical licensing examination more than 15 years before this application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Has never had specialty board certification or last passed a specialty board certification examination given by a member board of the ABMS or the AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists more than 10 years before this application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has not had a full, unrestricted medical license in at least one state of the United States or Canada within the 10-year period before this application; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Has not actively practiced clinical medicine in the United States or Canada for at least 7 of the 10 years before this application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The physician shall include a statement on the application form for reinstatement agreeing to the above examination requirements.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>