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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.41.08.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="41" chapter_num="08" heading="Application for License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall forward the necessary form to an individual requesting an application for a license or a limited license as a hearing aid dispenser.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The applicant shall provide the Board with the information necessary to satisfy the Board that the requirements are being fulfilled.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Failure to complete the forms and to provide the information required may be cause for the application to be rejected by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The applicant shall include with the application:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The application fee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation regarding supervision of the limited license, if applicable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An official transcript from the accredited 2-year post-secondary program, as defined in Regulation .01-1B of this chapter, attended by the applicant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>All other required documentation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The application fee covers the cost of administration and is not refundable.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Board shall include in the application for a limited license the following statement: “I do hereby affirm, under penalty of perjury, that I am the holder of a valid unrevoked, unsuspended license issued by the Maryland Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists and that I have read the above excerpts, and that I fully understand my responsibilities as supervisor for the applicant who will work and train under my supervision and for whose technical training and ethical conduct I am to be responsible. I further affirm that I have read the application of the above-named person and that to the best of my knowledge all answers are true and correct.”</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The holder of a current hearing aid dispenser license who serves as the supervisor for the applicant shall sign the statement quoted in §F of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>False Information.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant furnishing false information in the application may be denied the right to the examination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the applicant has been issued a license before the falsity of the information is discovered by the Board, the licensee may be subject to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Suspension;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Revocation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Prosecution for fraud, perjury, or both.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The applicant shall demonstrate oral English competency as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Completion of at least 60 credits from an undergraduate college or university where English was the language of instruction throughout the applicant's inclusive dates of attendance; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Achievement of a minimum score of 105, with at least a 26 on Speaking and Listening, on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) within the 2 years preceding license application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Upon approval of an application, the Board shall issue a document authorizing the applicant to practice in this State in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §2-306, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the regulations in this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Incomplete Applications.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If an incomplete application is submitted to the Board, the Board shall notify the applicant within 30 days after receipt of an incomplete application of the materials that are required.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An application is not complete until all required material, including the application fee and supporting documentation, is received by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the applicant fails to provide the required documentation within 1 year of receipt of the initial receipt, the Board may administratively close the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An applicant whose application is administratively closed may reapply and submit with the new application proof of compliance with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>This subtitle; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Health Occupations Article, Title 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>