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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 197
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(b) A tree expert license shall be renewed annually. A person who holds a
license and wishes to renew it shall pay a $10 annual renewal fee.
(c) Fees the Department receives shall be paid into the State Treasury for the
Department's use. The Secretary shall prepare an annual report on the number of
licenses issued and the receipts and expenses under Part III of this subtitle during
each fiscal year.
5-420.
The Department shall prepare and conduct examinations as often as necessary,
but at least once a year if there are any applicants. A candidate who has passed the
examination in all but one of the subjects given may be reexamined in that subject
only at any subsequent examination held, and if [he] THE CANDIDATE passes that
subject [he] THE CANDIDATE is considered to have passed the examination. The
Department, however, may decide to reexamine an unsuccessful candidate in every
subject.
5-421.
(a) The Department may permanently revoke or temporarily suspend the
license of any licensed tree expert who is found guilty of any fraud or deceit in
obtaining the license, or guilty of negligence or wrongful conduct in the practice of
tree culture or care.
(b) The Department may promulgate rules of ethics and temporarily suspend
for a period not to exceed two years the license of any licensed tree expert who violates
the rules of ethics. This power of suspension is in addition to, and not in limitation of,
the power to revoke or suspend provided in subsection (a).
(c) A license issued under this subtitle may not be revoked or suspended until
after the licensee has a hearing before the Department. Notice of the cause for
suspension or revocation and the hearing date shall be sent to the licensee at [his]
THE last known address OF THE LICENSEE by registered or certified mail at least 20
days before the hearing. The nonappearance of the licensee after the required notice
has been given, does not prevent holding the hearing.
(d) The Department may reissue any tree expert's license previously revoked
under rules and regulations it prescribes.
5-422.
The Department may issue and grant a license to or otherwise authorize the
practice as a tree expert in Maryland by any person who is a lawful holder of a tree
expert license under the laws of another state which extends similar privileges to
licensed tree experts of this State. The requirements for the license in the state which
has granted it must be, in the opinion of the Department, at least equivalent to those
provided for in Maryland.
5-423.
(a) A person may not: (1) solicit, advertise, or represent [himself] THE
PERSON to the public as a tree expert, or assume to practice as a tree expert without
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