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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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license term. This interpretation is consistent
with similar provisions in other titles of this
article and conforms with current Board practice.

As to the authority of the Board to set fees, see
§ 15-206 of this title.

15-309. INACTIVE STATUS; REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSES.

(A)  INACTIVE STATUS.

(1)  THE BOARD MAY PLACE A LICENSEE ON INACTIVE
STATUS, IF THE LICENSEE SUBMITS TO THE BOARD:

(I)  AN APPLICATION FOR INACTIVE STATUS ON
THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE BOARD; AND

(II)  THE ANNUAL INACTIVE STATUS FEE SET BY
THE BOARD.

(2)  AN INDIVIDUAL ON INACTIVE STATUS LOSES THAT
STATUS AFTER 1 YEAR, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL EXTENDS THAT
STATUS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1-YEAR PERIOD BY PAYING TO THE
BOARD THE ANNUAL INACTIVE STATUS FEE SET BY THE BOARD.

(3)  THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ON INACTIVE STATUS IF THE INDIVIDUAL
SUBMITS TO THE BOARD:

(I)  SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS THE BOARD ADOPTS
FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND

(II)  A REINSTATEMENT FEE, SET BY THE
BOARD, OF NOT MORE THAN $50.

(B)  REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSES.

THE BOARD SHALL REINSTATE THE LICENSE OF A PODIATRIST
WHO HAS NOT BEEN PUT ON INACTIVE STATUS AND WHO HAS FAILED
TO RENEW THE LICENSE FOR ANY REASON, IF THE PODIATRIST:

(1)  MEETS THE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS OF § 15-308
OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(2)  PAYS TO THE BOARD ALL PAST-DUE RENEWAL FEES
AND THE REINSTATEMENT FEE SET BY THE BOARD.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the second
sentence of Art. 43, § 493(b)(2) and from Art.
43, § 493(b)(3).

In subsection (a)(l)(i) of this section, new
language is added to state expressly a provision
that presently is only implied in the law —
i.e., that applications be made only on the form
required by the Board.