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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

In subsection (a) of this section and elsewhere
in this title, since the word "license" implies
"current", "unsuspended", and "unrevoked", these
qualifying terms are deleted as unnecessary.

As to subsection (b) of this section, the
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code has
interpreted present Art. 43, § 792(c) and (f) to
be exceptions rather than complete exemptions
from this title. There is no rationale for
arguing that an individual who falls into one of
the "exceptions" of present Art. 43, § 792(c) and
(f) and chooses not to obtain a license should
not be subject to criminal prosecution for, e.g.,
counterfeiting licenses, while another individual
in the same circumstances who chooses to obtain a
license is subject to criminal prosecution for
the same actions.

In subsection (b)(l)(i) of this section, the
present reference to "Baltimore City" is deleted
as unnecessary in light of the definition of
"county" in § 1-101 of this article.

As to the referenced exceptions in subsection (a)
of this section, see also § 2-102 of this title.

Present Art. 43, § 792(a), which provides for
separate licensing of an individual as an
audiologist and as a speech pathologist, is
deleted as unnecessary. All provisions that
relate to speech pathologists now appear in Title
19 of this article. See the General Revisor's
Note to this title.

2-302. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE, AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  MORAL CHARACTER.

THE APPLICANT SHALL BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.

(C)  EDUCATIONAL, CLINICAL, AND EMPLOYMENT
REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT SHALL:

(1) HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE OR ITS EQUIVALENT
FROM AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WITH A GRADUATE PROGRAM
RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD IN:

(I) AUDIOLOGY; OR