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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 15.14.01.11" title_num="15" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Annual Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee who practices veterinary medicine in the State shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Register annually with the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay the Board a registration fee, as provided in COMAR 15.14.12.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>State on the registration form the licensee's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Primary practice address, if any;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Business telephone number, if any;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Home (street) address and mailing address if the mailing address is different from the licensee's home address; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Notify the Board in writing of any change in the licensee's name or address (home, mailing, and practice) within 30 days after the change.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A veterinarian who fails to renew a veterinary license within 12 months following its expiration date shall seek reinstatement of the license before resuming the practice of veterinary medicine in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A veterinarian may seek reinstatement of the veterinary license if the last registration certificate expired no more than 5 years before the date application is made for reinstatement.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If more than 5 years have lapsed since the date of expiration of the last registration certificate, the veterinarian shall apply for a new license with the Board, as provided in COMAR 15.14.09.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Reinstatement with the Board requires submission of the following to the Board’s office:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Personal History Form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Current resume;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Licensure verification from all state veterinary boards with which the veterinarian is licensed or has ever been licensed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Proof of the appropriate type and number of hours of continuing education, as provided in COMAR 15.14.10.04, for the period during which the license had lapsed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Payment of the reinstatement fee, as provided in COMAR 15.14.12.02; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Provided the veterinarian is approved for reinstatement by the Board, payment of the registration fee, as provided in COMAR 15.14.12.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>