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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".24" citation="COMAR 10.44.12.24" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="12" heading="Renewal of Class III Dental School Facility Permits.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall mail a renewal application to each dental school holding a Class III dental school facility permit at least 180 days before the expiration of the permit.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Before a Class III dental school facility permit expires, the dental school may renew the permit for an additional 5-year term if the dental school:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submits to the Board, at least 90 days before the expiration of the permit, a renewal application on a form provided by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Passes a renewal facility evaluation in each facility for which the dental school wishes to renew a permit; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pays the renewal fee set by the Board in COMAR 10.44.20.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The renewal evaluation outlined in §B(2) of this regulation shall consist of an evaluation of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Anesthesia and monitoring equipment to ensure they are in proper working order; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Drugs in the facility to ensure that the dental school:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Maintains the appropriate drugs on the premises; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Only utilizes drugs on the premises the dates of which have not expired.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a dental school returns a renewal application for a Class III dental school facility permit to the Board at least 90 days before the expiration of the permit, and the Board is unable to approve or deny the application before the expiration of the permit through no fault of the dental school, the permit shall remain in effect until the Board:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Renews the permit; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Denies renewal of the permit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Failure to receive the Board's renewal application does not relieve the dental school from the requirement to submit a renewal application to the Board at least 90 days before the expiration of the permit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>