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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.32.02.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="02" heading="Post Disciplinary Reinstatement of a License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Postdisciplinary reinstatement after an order of suspension is subject to the following conditions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If an order suspends a license for a certain period of time, the respondent may petition the disciplinary panel that issued the order to suspend for postdisciplinary reinstatement only pursuant to that order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel may not entertain early termination of the suspension;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If termination of a suspension is made contingent on the happening of an event, the respondent shall establish the occurrence of the event to the satisfaction of the disciplinary panel; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If a health care practitioner whose license is suspended fails to renew the suspended license when that license expires, the health care practitioner may petition the disciplinary panel for termination of suspension only after applying for and meeting the requirements for reinstatement set out in COMAR 10.32.01.10.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Postdisciplinary reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license is subject to the following conditions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A petitioner for postdisciplinary reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license shall submit the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A written application for reinstatement on a form prescribed by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The appropriate fee;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Written responses to any questions the disciplinary panel may propose concerning the reasons the license was revoked or surrendered and the petitioner’s current fitness to practice; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Evidence of the completion of continuing medical education credits to the same extent as if the petitioner had been continuously licensed;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a license was revoked or surrendered while the licensee was under investigation or subject to disciplinary charges, the disciplinary panel may not consider the application for postdisciplinary reinstatement unless:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the letter of surrender indicates that the surrender or the revocation order is for a certain length of time, the time period has expired; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the letter of surrender or revocation order does not indicate a time certain, 3 years have passed since the date of the order; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the letter of surrender makes reinstatement contingent on certain conditions, those conditions have occurred;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel may grant postdisciplinary reinstatement of a revoked or surrendered license only in accordance with the terms of the order of revocation or the letter of surrender;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel may grant postdisciplinary reinstatement subject to any terms and conditions the disciplinary panel considers appropriate for public safety and the protection of the integrity and reputation of the profession;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel that issued the order to revoke or suspend may convene a reinstatement inquiry panel which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May conduct an informal inquiry which shall include, if requested, an opportunity for the petitioner to have a personal interview with the panel;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May consider the petitioner’s history; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May consider presentations from both the petitioner and the administrative prosecutor’s office.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel shall consider the application form, the petitioner’s responses to the written questions, and the supporting documentation and written arguments, if any, submitted by the petitioner and the administrative prosecutor’s office, as well as the reinstatement inquiry panel’s recommendation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The disciplinary panel shall determine in its discretion if postdisciplinary reinstatement is in the interest of the health and welfare of the general public and consistent with the best interest of the profession; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A disciplinary panel decision denying reinstatement may set out when, if ever, a subsequent petition may be submitted.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The disciplinary panel shall issue a final written order on the postdisciplinary reinstatement application that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reinstates the license of the petitioner without conditions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Reinstates the license of the petitioner with one or more of the following conditions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Probation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Requirements for supervision;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Further review of competence or performance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Limitations on practice; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Other conditions that the disciplinary panel considers necessary; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Denies reinstatement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An order granting or denying postdisciplinary reinstatement is an order resulting from formal disciplinary action.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A petition for postdisciplinary reinstatement may be withdrawn only with the permission of the disciplinary panel. The disciplinary panel may not refund the fee except for extraordinary cause.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>