HARRY HUGHES Governor

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(3) Have filed an application for licensure with
the Board by July 1, 1979.

(b)  The Board shall waive the education and experience
requirements of § 920 of this subtitle for licensure as an
occupational therapy assistant for all applicants whose
[principle] PRINCIPAL place of residence is in the State of
Maryland and who present evidence satisfactory to the Board
that they:

(1)  Have been engaged in the practice of
occupational therapy as an occupational therapy assistant in
the State of Maryland for at least two years prior to July
1, 1979;

(2)  Have a high school diploma or have completed
a high school equivalency examination or program; and

(3)  Have filed an application for licensure with
the Board by July 1, 1979.

1004.

(c)  If, within nine months after the Secretary
certifies a need for a group home for nonretarded
developmentally disabled persons, the county or counties in
a region fail to submit to the [director] SECRETARY a
proposed site and plans for such a group home on it
consistent with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to § 1003 of this subtitle, the county or counties shall be
declared to be in default. The Secretary, for good cause
shown, may extend the nine-month period for not more than an
additional six months.

Article 49B - Human Relations Commission

5.

It is unlawful for an owner or operator of a place of
public accommodation or an agent or employee of the owner or
operator, because of the race, creed, sex, age, color,
national origin, marital status, or physical or mental
handicap, of any person, to refuse, withhold from, or deny
to such person any of the accommodations, advantages,
facilities and privileges of such place of public
accommodation. Nothing in this section shall be construed
or interpreted to prohibit the proprietor of any
establishment, or the employees thereof, from the right to
deny service to any person for failure to conform to the
usual and regular requirements, standards and regulations
for the establishment so long as the denial is not based
upon discrimination on the grounds of race, SEX, AGE, color
creed, national origin, marital status, or physical or
mental handicap. For the purpose of this subtitle, a place
of public accommodation means: (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or
other establishment which provides lodging to transient