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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.60.02.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="60" chapter_num="02" heading="Action on an Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall notify an applicant in writing that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant qualifies for a license under COMAR 10.60.01.03 or .04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The applicant qualifies for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Examination under COMAR 10.60.01.03; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A certificate of eligibility under COMAR 10.60.02.05;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The applicant does not qualify to receive a license or a certificate of eligibility, or to take the examination, for one or more of the reasons set forth in §C of this regulation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The application is incomplete, the reasons the application is incomplete, and that the application will be invalid in 1 year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Payment of License Fee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Following notification of license approval, the applicant shall pay to the Board the licensing fee established in COMAR 10.60.06.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The license may not be issued until the fee is paid to the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Denial of an Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board shall deny an application if the Board determines that the applicant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has failed to demonstrate that the applicant qualifies for licensure, examination, or issuance of a certificate in accordance with §A(1) or (2) of this regulation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Has committed any act which, under Health Occupations Article, §21-312, Annotated Code of Maryland, would subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the Board denies an application, the Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Notify the applicant by first-class mail and electronic means of the reasons for denial;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Advise the applicant of the procedures for reconsideration under §D of this regulation if the application was denied under §C(1)(a) of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Follow the procedures set forth in COMAR 10.60.04 if the application was denied under §C(1)(b) of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Reconsideration.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the Board denies an application for licensure under Regulation .03C(1)(a) of this chapter, or denies an application to renew a license under Regulation .06 of this chapter, the applicant may request reconsideration of the denial by submitting new or additional information to the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Requests for reconsideration under §D(1) of this regulation shall be based on one or more of the following grounds:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Clerical errors in the minutes, decisions, or other parts of the record related to the denial;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Mistake of fact or law by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Irregularity in the administrative proceedings related to, or in the consideration of, the application;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Newly discovered or additional evidence that the applicant could not have discovered by due diligence in time to be considered as part of the initial denial.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Requests for reconsideration shall be submitted to the Board in writing by certified mail within 30 days of receipt of the denial under §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>