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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.57.04.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="57" chapter_num="04" heading="Conditions of Certification Renewal; Continuing Education Units Required.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall renew a certificate for an additional 2-year period if the certified program administrator:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be certified as set forth in COMAR 10.57.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee as set forth in COMAR 10.57.06; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submits to the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of having completed:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification 2 years to 18 months before the renewal date, 40 continuing education units approved by the Board;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 18 months to 1 year before the renewal date, 30 continuing education units approved by the Board;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 1 year to 6 months before the renewal date, 20 continuing education units approved by the Board; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 6 months before the renewal date, 10 continuing education units approved by the Board.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board shall renew the certificate for an additional 2-year period if the certified residential child and youth care practitioner:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be certified as set forth in COMAR 10.57.03;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays to the Board the renewal fee as established in COMAR 10.57.07; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submits to the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of having completed, within the 2-year period before the renewal date, a minimum of 20 continuing education units approved by the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>