# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 03 — Weights and Measures

### Chapter 11 — Qualifications for Registration of a Service Technician and Service Agency

#### Regulation .07 Certificate of Registration Fee.

*COMAR 15.03.11.07*

A. The Department shall issue a certificate of registration to a qualified person under Regulation .04 of this chapter, upon receipt of the appropriate fee specified in §B of this regulation.

B. A qualified person seeking a certificate of registration shall pay to the Department one of the following fees for the appropriate type of registration for which certification is sought:

  (1) $75 for a service technician certificate; or

  (2) $250 for a service agency certificate.

C. A service agency is exempt from paying a registration fee if it is:

  (1) A business employing service technicians to install, place into service, adjust, repair, or service weights or measures that are owned or operated by the business, and used by that business only; or

  (2) An agency within State or county government engaged in the installation, placing into service, adjusting, repairing, or servicing of weights or measures owned or operated by a State or county government.

D. A service technician who is employed by a service agency that meets the exemption requirements of §C(1) or (2) of this regulation is exempt from paying the registration renewal fee normally required of a service technician.