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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.07.02.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="02" heading="Application Procedure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person applying for a license or certificate of eligibility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit the appropriate application in writing on a form provided by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pay the application fee established by Regulation .09 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Have official transcripts of all baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate studies submitted in accordance with §B of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Have verification of previous experience, if applicable, submitted in accordance with §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Transcripts.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Official transcripts of all baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate studies shall be submitted directly to the Board from the appropriate educational institutions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If official transcripts are not available, the Board may accept other evidence certifying successful completion of course work considered equivalent by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A graduate of an educational institution that is not an accredited college or university shall provide written documentation from an evaluation service, or other source acceptable to the Board, which:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>States that the institution's program of study is substantially equivalent to that of accredited colleges or universities; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shows that the course work completed by the applicant satisfies the requirements of COMAR 26.07.01.03B.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An applicant for a license who claims experience as an environmental sanitarian shall have three reference letters submitted directly to the Board from the applicant's current or former employers or supervisors describing the nature and duration of the applicant's experience.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>