# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

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

### Chapter 08 — Hearing Aid Dispensing

#### Regulation .12 Renewal of Licensure.

*COMAR 10.41.08.12*

A. 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.

B. A licensee who has failed to renew a license to practice in this State by March 3 of the year in which the license is due to be renewed is prohibited from practicing in this State.

C. If the Board determines that a licensee has practiced in this State after the license has expired, the Board may:

  (1) Order the licensee to immediately cease and desist practice in this State until the license has been reinstated by the Board; and

  (2) Take action as follows against a licensee for unprofessional conduct if it determines that the licensee practiced in this State after the license has expired:

    (a) Issue a nonpublic consent agreement in which the licensee agrees to make an anonymous donation of $250 to a charitable institution and to perform 40 hours of Board-approved pro bono services;

    (b) Provide the licensee with a settlement conference; or

    (c) Charge the licensee with unprofessional conduct as provided in Health Occupations Article, §2-314(10), Annotated Code of Maryland, for practicing without a license.