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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.17.15.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="15" heading="Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To volunteer or work for a licensee or registrant, an individual shall be registered with the Administration as an agent.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Agent registration shall be conducted pursuant to Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-501, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A licensee shall apply to register an agent by submitting to the Administration:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number or Individual Tax Identification Number of an agent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation of the submission of fingerprints of the agent of to the Criminal Justice Information System’s Central Repository in accordance with Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-505, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The request for the criminal history record information of the agent to be forwarded to the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>As a condition of registration, an agent shall report to the Administration a conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude within 14 days of the conviction or plea.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Disqualify as an agent an individual who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set aside;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Revoke the registration of an agent who is convicted of or pleads nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set aside; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Disqualify as an agent an individual who previously had a registration revoked under Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-202(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland, or for good cause.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Administration may not deny a cannabis agent registration based on any cannabis-related offense occurring before July 1, 2023.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>