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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.11.10.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="10" heading="Initial Licensing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Initial Application for License.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An applicant shall submit an application for a license on a form provided by the Secretary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the applicant is an individual:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The applicant shall be 18 years old or older; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The application shall be signed under oath by the applicant.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the applicant is a corporation, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or other entity, the application shall be signed under oath by each partner, director, and officer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The applicant shall submit with the application:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $500;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Proof of general liability insurance covering all activities of the applicant in an amount not less than $100,000;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A bond that is conditioned on the faithful and honest conduct of the applicant and runs to the State of Maryland for the benefit of any person injured by any wrongful act of the applicant that is willful or malicious, in an amount not less than $2,500;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Proof of application for State and national criminal history records checks, on a form provided by the Secretary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Three statements attesting to good character and reputation, for each of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The applicant, if the applicant is an individual,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Each partner, director, and officer of the applicant, if the applicant is a corporation, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or other entity, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Each private home detention monitor employed or listed on the application to be employed by the applicant;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>A statement, on a form provided by the Secretary, that training in the monitoring agency's policies, procedures, and electronic monitoring equipment has been provided to each of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The applicant, if the applicant is an individual,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A partner, director, or officer of the applicant, if the applicant is a corporation, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or other entity, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Each private home detention monitor employed or listed on the application to be employed by the applicant; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>A statement on a form provided by the Secretary, that the applicant has the demonstrable ability to provide either satellite monitoring or continuously signaling electronic monitoring.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Within 45 days of receipt of an initial application, the Secretary shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Return an incomplete application, with instructions for completion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Grant the application and issue a license to the applicant; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Initiate a complaint and issue a notice for denial of a license under Regulation .10B of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An initial license is valid for 2 years from the date issued, unless earlier suspended or revoked.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>