§ 14-314. Term and renewal of license

   (a) Term of license. -- Unless a license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first June 30 that comes:

   (1) after the effective date of the license; and

   (2) in an even-numbered year.

(b) Renewal notice. --

   (1) At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee:

      (i) a renewal application form; and

      (ii) a notice that states:

         1. the date on which the current license expires;

         2. the date by which the Board must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and

         3. the amount of the license fee.

   (2) The failure of a licensee to receive the notice for which this subsection provides does not prevent the license from expiring as specified under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Applications for renewal. -- Before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2-year term, if the licensee:

   (1) otherwise is entitled to be licensed;

   (2) pays to the Board a license fee set by the Board; and

   (3) submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides.

(d) Issuance of renewal. --

   (1) The Board shall renew the license of and issue a renewal certificate to each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.

   (2) The Board shall include on each renewal certificate that the Board issues:

      (i) the date on which the current license expires; and

      (ii) the signatures of the chairman and secretary of the Board, under seal of the Board.

(e) Staggered expiration of licenses. -- The Secretary may determine that licenses issued under this subtitle shall expire on a staggered basis.

(f) Regulations -- Continuing professional responsibility. -- The Board shall adopt regulations to require a demonstration of continuing professional competency for a licensee as a condition of renewal of a license under this section in accordance with the following:

   (1) continuing professional competency requirements do not apply to the first renewal of a license;

   (2) if a license expires on or before September 30, 2012, a licensee is not required to fulfill the continuing professional competency requirements;

   (3) if a license expires between October 1, 2012, and September 30, 2013, a licensee is required to fulfill 50% of the continuing professional competency requirements as provided in the regulations adopted by the Board under this subsection; and

   (4) if a license expires on or after October 1, 2013, a licensee is required to fulfill the full continuing professional competency requirements as provided in the regulations adopted by the Board under this subsection.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 75 1/2, § 8, 9, 13; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; 1997, ch. 59; 2003, ch. 227, § 2; 2010, ch. 124; 2011, ch. 65.