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(2) Have committed any gross negligence, incompetence, or mis-
conduct in the practice of engineering, or land surveying, as a pro-
fessional engineer, engineer-in-training, or professional land sur-
veyor; or

(3) Have been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere
to any charge of a crime involving moral turpitude by any court of
competent jurisdiction; or

(4) Have knowingly violated any provision of this article.

(b)    Any person, including an employee of the Board, may prefer
charges of fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, gross negligence, in-
competence, misconduct, or other act or omission proscribed in sub-
section (a) of this section, against any registrant. Such charges
shall be specific and in writing, shall be sworn to by the person or
persons making them, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the
Board.

(c)    All charges, unless dismissed by the Board as unfounded or
trivial, shall be set down for hearing in accordance with rules and
regulations adopted by the Board within a reasonable time, but not
to exceed six months, after they shall have been preferred.

(d)    The time and place for said hearing shall be fixed by the
Board, and a copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time
and place of hearing, shall be personally served on or mailed to the
last known address of the registrant at least thirty (30) days before
the date fixed for the hearing. At any hearing, the accused regis-
trant shall have the right to appear in person or be represented by
counsel, or both, to cross-examine witnesses appearing against him,
and to produce evidence and witnesses in his own defense. If the
accused person fails or refuses to appear, the Board may proceed to
hear and determine the validity of the charges.

(e)    If, after such hearing, a majority of the entire Board votes
in favor of sustaining the charges, the Board may reprimand the
registrant or suspend, refuse to renew or revoke the registrant's
certificate of registration.

(f)    The Board, for reasons it may deem sufficient, may reissue
a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been
revoked, provided that a majority of the entire Board votes in favor
of such reissuance. A new certificate of registration, to replace any
certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, sub-
ject to the rules adopted by the Board, upon payment of a fee not to
exceed thirty-five dollars ($35.00).

(g)    Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board in
denying, suspending, revoking or refusing to renew his certificate of
registration, or from any other final action of the Board, may appeal
therefrom to the Baltimore City Court, or to the circuit court of the
county in which he resides or has his principal place of business.
All appeals shall be governed by the provisions of Section 255 of
Article 41 (Administrative Procedure Act—Judicial Review).

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Any person who shall practice, or offer to practice, engineering or
land surveying in this State without being registered in accordance
with the provisions of this article, or any person presenting or