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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.39.06.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="39" chapter_num="06" heading="Application for Certification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Initial Certification.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an applicant for initial certification as a dialysis technician shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Comply with all of the requirements under Regulation .03 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pay the required fee to the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Submit to the Board an application that has been signed by the administrator or faculty of the approved dialysis technician training program completed by the applicant.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An applicant shall submit an application for initial certification within 24 months of the date of completion of an approved dialysis technician training program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If an applicant fails to comply with §A(2) of this regulation, an applicant still seeking certification shall re-take an approved dialysis technician training program and comply with §A(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Certification by Endorsement.  An applicant for certification as a dialysis technician by endorsement shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Comply with all of the requirements under Regulation .03 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay the required fee to the Board; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit the following verifications directly to the Board from the appropriate authority:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A certificate to practice as a dialysis technician in good standing from another state or territory with certification requirements that are essentially similar to the requirements in this State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A certificate of completion from a dialysis technician training program in that state or territory that meets the standards for an approved dialysis technician training program set by the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>