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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 10.41.11.09" title_num="10" subtitle_num="41" chapter_num="11" heading="License Renewal.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A speech-language pathology assistant or an audiology assistant license expires on the date set by the Board, unless it is renewed for an additional term as provided in 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 the license expires, the Board shall notify the speech-language pathology assistant or the audiology assistant of the date the license expires and the procedures for renewing the license.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The speech-language pathology assistant or the audiology assistant is responsible for renewing licensure.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The speech-language pathology assistant or the audiology assistant may apply to renew the license for another term if the speech-language pathology assistant or the audiology assistant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is otherwise entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays the 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 the Board requires;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirements under Regulation .10 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A delegation agreement for each supervising speech-language pathologist or audiologist.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A speech-language pathology assistant or an audiology assistant 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>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A licensee who has failed to renew a license to practice in this State by June 30 of the year in which the license is due to be renewed is prohibited from practicing in this State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>If the Board determines that a licensee has practiced in this State after the license has expired, the Board may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Order the licensee to immediately cease and desist practice in this State until the license has been reinstated by the Board; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issue a nonpublic consent agreement in which the licensee agrees to make an anonymous donation of $100 to a charitable institution and to perform 40 hours of Board-approved pro bono services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provide the licensee with a settlement conference; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Charge the licensee with unprofessional conduct as provided in Health Occupations Article, §2314(10), Annotated Code of Maryland, for practicing without a license.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>