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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 665

granting of such], BEFORE THE license IS GRANTED, SHALL
pay to the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners a
fee, established by the Board [and the fee], WHICH shall
accompany the application for [the] license. [Said] THE
fee shall be retained by the Board, whether or not the
license is issued.

(B) All licenses shall be renewed annually by
application to the Board, upon payment of a renewal fee
established by the Board and the renewal of license shall
be granted unless the licensee improperly or unlawfully
obtained the license in the first instance[, ] or since
its issuance has committed a substantial violation of any
[of the provisions] PROVISION of this subtitle. Any
licensee who fails to make application for renewal of his
or her license within three months of its expiration,
accompanied by the required renewal fee, shall be refused
a renewal until he or she shall have successfully passed
the examination as set forth in § 607 of this subtitle
and paid the fee [hereinbefore set forth] ESTABLISHED BY
THE BOARD for [such] THE examination. HOWEVER, A
PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT WHO
TOOK THE LICENSING EXAMINATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL
EXAMINATION SERVICE AND WHOSE LICENSE LAPSED FOR A PERIOD
NOT EXCEEDING THREE YEARS DURING WHICH THE LICENSEE DID
NOT ACTIVELY PRACTICE AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR PHYSICAL
THERAPIST ASSISTANT IS NOT REQUIRED TO REPEAT THE
LICENSING EXAMINATION, BUT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE A
NEW APPLICATION WITH THE REQUIRED APPLICATION FEE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 666

(House Bill 617)

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance — Employment on Certain Vessels

AA 712-76

FOR the purpose of changing the definition of the term
"American vessel" under the unemployment insurance
laws; exempting from the term "employment" certain
fishing and related services performed on vessels of
ten tons or less; and relating generally to the
employment on certain vessels under the employment
insurance laws.