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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 36.11.02.04" title_num="36" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="02" heading="Process for the Submission of Applications and Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>SWARC Applications and Fees. By the date and time and in the manner specified by SWARC in the SWARC application, an applicant shall submit:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To SWARC, the SWARC application; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To the Commission by electronic funds transfer, the nonrefundable SWARC application fee for the concurrently submitted SWARC application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Commission Applications and Fees. Separate from its SWARC application, within the period provided in §C(4)(a) of this regulation, an applicant shall comply with the requirements of COMAR 36.10.02 for the submission of its:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Commission application through the eLicensing Portal; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Administrative costs for background investigations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>SWARC and Commission Review of Applications.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>SWARC and the Commission shall separately review the applications each receives.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 5 calendar days of receipt of a timely SWARC application, SWARC staff shall submit to the Commission, by email, the name and other identifying information of the applicant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Within 5 calendar days of receipt of the information set forth in §C(2) of this regulation, the Commission staff shall notify SWARC by email if the applicant may be ineligible under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>For each application submitted to SWARC:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The applicant shall submit the required Commission application and the administrative costs for background investigation no later than 14 calendar days after the date the applicant submitted its SWARC application; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Within 5 days of the date specified in §C(4)(a) of this regulation, the Commission staff shall notify SWARC by email of any applicant that fails to timely submit its Commission application or the administrative costs for background investigation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>SWARC shall reject and may not consider a SWARC application that it determines to be ineligible for an award under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>SWARC staff shall notify the Commission by email of those applicants whom SWARC determines to be ineligible for award of a license and the basis for the determination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>After the Commission has investigated the applicant and determined whether it is qualified to hold a license, the Commission shall notify SWARC by email of its determination.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>SWARC may not award a license to an applicant unless the Commission has determined that the applicant is qualified.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>