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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.53.02.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="53" chapter_num="02" heading="Licensure by Waiver.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant who is licensed in another state shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Comply with all requirements under Regulation .01A of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submit to the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verification of the license;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Evidence of successful examination in another state that was substantially equivalent to the examinations given in this State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A certificate of completion from each electrology instruction program attended that was substantially equivalent to the program requirements in this State, with a transcript or verification of the number of hours completed in each theory and clinical training.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board may waive the examinations if the applicant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provides verified documentation that the applicant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is licensed to practice electrology in another state after meeting requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements in Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Became licensed in the other state after passing in that state, or any other state, examinations that are substantially equivalent to the examinations approved by the Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Meets the qualifications otherwise set forth in Regulation .01 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays the application fee set forth in COMAR 10.53.12.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A license may not be issued until the Board has:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Received and reviewed the criminal history records information; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Approved the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>