SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          845

(a)  The Board may reprimand any person or suspend, revoke, or
refuse to renew the license of any person who as found by the Board:

(1)   Has practiced any fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in
obtaining or renewing a license or informational statement; or

(2)  Has committed any gross negligence, incompetence, fraud, or
misconduct in the practice of architecture; or

(8) Has been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere
to, any charge of a crime involving moral turpitude in any court
of competent jurisdiction; or

(4) Has knowingly violated any provision of this subtitle; or

(5) Has aided or abetted any other person or persons not licensed
as required by this subtitle in the performance of activities which
constitute the practice of architecture.

(b)  Any person may prefer charges of fraud, deceit, misrepresen-
tation, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, or other act or
omission prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, against any
licensee. The charges shall be specific and in writing, sworn to by
the person or persons making them, and filed with 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 were preferred.

(d)  The time and place for the 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 registrant
may 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 re-
fuses to appear the Board may proceed to hear and determine the
validity of the charges.

(e)  If, after the hearing, four members of the entire Board vote
in favor of sustaining the charges, the Board may issue a reprimand
to or may suspend, refuse to renew or revoke the license of any
person.

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Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board denying,
suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a license, or by 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. Any such person or the Board
may take an appeal from the decision of any such court to the Court
of Special Appeals of Maryland. All appeals shall be governed by
the provisions of Sections 255 and 256 of Article 41 of this Code as
amended from time to time (Administrative Procedure Act—Judicial
Review).