<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 29.04.05.08" title_num="29" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="05" heading="License Renewal.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Secretary shall stagger the terms of the license, which expire as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A license issued February 1 through July 31 expires on the July 31 after 3 full years; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A license issued August 1 through January 31 expires on the January 31 after 3 full years.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At least 1 month before a license expiration, the Secretary shall mail to the licensee a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Renewal application form; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Notice that states the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Date the current license expires,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date by which the renewal application shall be received for the renewal to be issued and mailed to the licensee to avoid license expiration, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Before receiving a license renewal notice from the Secretary, a licensee may renew a license for an additional 3-year term if the licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submits a renewal application to the Secretary;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submits a set of legible fingerprints of the licensee, and each firm member if applicable, on forms approved by the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Submits two photographs of the licensee, and of each firm member, if applicable, or a digital image approved by the Secretary, as prescribed in Regulation .06B(4)(d) of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Pays a renewal fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>To renew a license, the licensee shall pay:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A renewal fee of $100 which includes the cost of the Maryland criminal records check, plus the fee authorized under Criminal Procedure Article, §10-221(b)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland, for a national criminal records check; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The cost of the fingerprint records checks for each firm member.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Except as provided in §F of this regulation, before renewing a license, the Secretary shall conduct a State and national criminal record check for each licensee who applies for a license renewal.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Secretary may waive the State and national criminal record check required under §E of this regulation for a licensee who was issued a license under Regulation .07 of this chapter if the licensee:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submits two photographs of the licensee or a digital image approved by the Secretary, as prescribed in Regulation .06B(4)(d) of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays a $100 processing fee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shows that the license:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issued by another state was renewed by that other state within 1 year of the expiration date of the license issued under Regulation .07 of this chapter, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Renewal process in the other state included a state and national criminal record check.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this regulation shall be renewed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Temporary License.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the State or national criminal records check required for renewal is not completed before a license expires, a temporary license shall be issued if all other requirements are met.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A temporary license expires at the earlier of the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Completion of the records check; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Renewal or denial of the license.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>