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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 10.32.01.17" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="01" heading="Initial Licensure by Reciprocity.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Requirements. An applicant for initial licensure by reciprocity shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Have an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in another jurisdiction that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>At the time the applicant was licensed, had licensure requirements substantially equivalent to the Board’s current licensure requirements as set forth in Regulation .03 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Offers a similar reciprocal licensure process to physicians licensed by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be in good standing under the laws of every jurisdiction where the individual is licensed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit to a State and national criminal history records check in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §14-308.1, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Documentation. An applicant for initial licensure by reciprocity shall submit:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An application for reciprocity on a form provided by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The application fee as set by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Evidence of compliance with §A of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any additional documentation set forth in Regulation .04 of this chapter that is needed for the Board to evaluate an application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>On receipt of the documentation required in §B of this regulation, the Board shall process the application for initial license by reciprocity in an expedited manner.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Board may not issue a license if the criminal history records information, pursuant to §A of this regulation, has not been received.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>After a license is issued, the licensee is subject to the Board’s jurisdiction and shall comply with all laws and regulations governing the practice of medicine in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>