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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.60.02.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="60" chapter_num="02" heading="Inactive Status.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall place a licensed environmental health specialist on inactive status for a period not to exceed 4 years if the licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submits to the Board a written application for inactive status on a form the board requires; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays to the Board the inactive status fee set by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board shall provide to a licensed environmental health specialist who is placed on inactive status written notification of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date the license has or will expire;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The date the inactive status became effective;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The date the inactive status expires; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The consequences of not reactivating the license before the inactive status expires.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulation .10 of this chapter, the Board shall reactivate the license of a licensed environmental health specialist who is on inactive status if the licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Applies to the Board for reactivation of the license before the inactive status expires;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Complies with the license renewal requirements that are in effect when the licensee applies for reactivation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has completed 20 credit hours of approved continuing education in the past 24 month period; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Pays to the Board the reactivation fee established by COMAR 10.60.06(7).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An applicant for reactivation of a license shall submit to the Board documentation of completion of approved training as set forth in COMAR 10.60.03.04E.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>