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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 26.11.21.12" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="21" heading="Duration, Renewal, and Transferral of a License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Unless the Department revokes or suspends a license, the license shall remain in effect for 1 year from the date of issuance. Subject to the hearing provisions of Environment Article, §6-415 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland, the Department may suspend or revoke any license if it determines that a licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fails at any time to meet the qualifications for a license or any requirement, procedure, or standard established by the Department in this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may renew a license annually if the business entity or public unit:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submits a completed application for a renewal on forms provided by the Department not sooner than 90 days and not later than 30 days before the license expires;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except for public units, pays to the Department by certified check a renewal application fee as specified in Regulation .10B of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has complied fully with all applicable requirements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A license to remove or encapsulate asbestos is not transferrable.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>