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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 10.65.01.12" title_num="10" subtitle_num="65" chapter_num="01" heading="Inactive Status.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In accordance with Health Occupations Article, §6-306, Annotated Code of Maryland, a request by an active licensee or registrant to transfer a license or registration to inactive status shall be granted upon receipt of the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Completed Board-approved inactive status application; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Payment of the required, non-refundable, biennial inactive status fee set forth in COMAR 10.65.07.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May apply for inactive status only if the individual’s license or registration is still active at the time the inactive status application request is made;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall renew and pay the biennial inactive status fee during each renewal period; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>On inactive status is not authorized to and may not practice massage therapy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Within 5 calendar years after being placed on inactive status, an individual seeking to be reactivated shall be required, as a condition of reactivation, to submit:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Proof of having completed the required CEUs of which shall have been obtained within the 2-year period immediately preceding the application for reactivation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation of current CPR requirements at the designated level.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If an individual on inactive status seeks to be reactivated beyond the required 5-year period and conditions set forth under §C of this regulation, the individual shall be required to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit a new application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay the non-refundable fee set forth in COMAR 10.65.07;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §6-303, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Pass the Jurisprudence Examination required by the Board with a score of at least 75 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Possess documentation of current certification of qualification in CPR, at a minimum at the Basic Life Support (BLS) level.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>