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(E)  AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING ALLOWING ALL INTERESTED
PARTIES TO TESTIFY, THE BOARD MAY SUSPEND, REVOKE, OR REFUSE
TO RENEW THE CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT OF ANY LICENSEE OR
REPRIMAND ANY LICENSEE WHOM THE BOARD FINDS:

(1)  HAS PRACTICED ANY FRAUD, DECEIT, OR
MISREPRESENTATION IN OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT;

(2)  IS GUILTY OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE, INCOMPETENCE,
OR MISCONDUCT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF PLUMBING WORK;

(3)  IS GUILTY OF VIOLATION OF THE PLUMBING CODE
OF THE BOARD OR ANY SUBDIVISION OR OFFICIAL BODY OF THIS
STATE WHERE A LICENSEE HAS PERFORMED PLUMBING WORK;

(4)  IS GUILTY OF AN UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE TRADE
PRACTICE AS DEFINED IN COMMERCIAL LAW ARTICLE, § 13-301 OF
THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND; OR

(5)  WHEN THE LICENSEE IS A MASTER PLUMBER, HAS
FAILED TO ADEQUATELY TRAIN AND CONTROL PERSONS SELLING OR
ESTIMATING PLUMBING WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER HIS
SUPERVISION.

(F)  THE BOARD, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBTITLE AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR
MASTER PLUMBERS1 CERTIFICATES, MAY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE TO
ANY PLUMBER PRESENTING A MASTER PLUMBER'S CERTIFICATE ISSUED
BY A BOARD OR AGENCY OF ANY SUBDIVISION OR OFFICIAL BODY OF
THIS STATE, UPON PAYMENT OF THE CURRENT FEE ESTABLISHED BY
THE BOARD, DEPOSIT OF THE BOND REQUIRED BY THE BOARD; AND
UPON SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD THAT:

(1)  THE SUBDIVISION OR OFFICIAL BODY MAINTAINED
A SYSTEM AND STANDARD OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXAMINATION OF
MASTER PLUMBERS WHICH WERE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THOSE
REQUIRED BY THE BOARD AT THE TIME THE CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED
BY THE SUBDIVISION OR OFFICIAL BODY; AND

(2)  THE SUBDIVISION OR OFFICIAL BODY GIVES
SIMILAR RECOGNITION AND ENDORSEMENT TO MASTER PLUMBERS
REGISTERED BY THE BOARD.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 265
(Senate Bill 185)