# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 41 — Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists

### Chapter 05 — Music Therapy

#### Regulation .06 Inactive Status, Reactivation, Reinstatement, and Reapplication.

*COMAR 10.41.05.06*

A. Inactive Status.

  (1) The Board shall place a licensee on inactive status if the licensee submits to the Board:

    (a) An application for inactive status on the form that the Board requires; and

    (b) The inactive status fee set by the Board.

  (2) The Board shall license an individual on inactive status who applies for a license if the individual meets:

    (a) The renewal requirements of Health Occupations Article, §2–4A–10, Annotated Code of Maryland; and

    (b) Any continuing education requirements established by the Board.

  (3) The Board may not require payment of a late fee by an individual as a condition to licensing set forth under §B of this regulation.

B. Reactivation.

  (1) If a license has been in an inactive status for no more than two 2-year renewal cycles of inactivity, the licensee may apply for reactivation of the inactive license.

  (2) The Board shall reactivate the license if the music therapist:

    (a) Submits to the Board satisfactory proof of completion of at least 40 hours of CEU activity, in a program approved by CBMT or any successor organization, for every 2-year cycle of inactivity; and

    (b) Pays to the Board the renewal fee and the reactivation fee set by the Board.

C. Reinstatement.

  (1) If a license has been expired for 5 years or less, a music therapist may apply for reinstatement of the expired license.

  (2) The Board shall reinstate the license if the music therapist:

    (a) Submits to the Board satisfactory proof of completion of continuing education hours required of a music therapist on active status during the period of inactivity; and

    (b) Pays to the Board the renewal fee and the reinstatement fee set by the Board.

D. Reapplication.

  (1) The Board may not reinstate the license of a music therapist who fails to apply for reinstatement of the license within 5 years after the license expires.

  (2) The music therapist whose license has been expired for more than 5 years may become licensed if the music therapist:

    (a) Meets the current requirements for obtaining a license;

    (b) Submits to the Board satisfactory proof of completion of continuing education hours required of a music therapist on active status during the period of inactivity; and

    (c) Pays to the Board the application fee set by the Board.