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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.41.05.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="41" chapter_num="05" heading="Renewal of Licensure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A license expires on a date set by the Board unless the license is renewed for an additional term as set forth under §D of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by first-class mail or email to the last known address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Expiration date;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Due date by which the renewal application shall be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew the license for an additional term if the licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submits to the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirements established by the Board under Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A licensee shall undergo a new criminal records history check as set forth in Health Occupations Article, §2-303.1, Annotated Code of Maryland, every three renewal cycles or every 6 years.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>