WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

application for the reciprocal license -- i.e., in the
present. This addition conforms to the practice of
the Board as well as the procedure of the Department
with respect to other occupations regulated under this
article. Thus, the former phrase "at the time the
license was issued by the other state" is deleted as
obsolete and contrary to practice.

In subsection (b)(2)(ii) of this section, the phrase
"in ... any other state" is added to provide expressly
that the Board may waive a licensing qualification for
a barber on the basis of a license that, in turn, was
acquired by waiver on the basis of licensure in
another state. This phrase, which is included in
comparable provisions throughout the Code and which
conforms to the practice of the Board, allows the
Board to give fair consideration under this section to
a barber who, in the course of a professional career,
practices in several states before moving to this
State to practice.

Defined terms: "Board" § 4-101

"License" § 4-101 "Practice barbering" § 4-101

"State" § 1-101

4-307. WAIVER OF EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT -- APPLICANT LICENSED
IN ANOTHER STATE.

(A)   IN GENERAL.

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD MAY
WAIVE ANY EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBTITLE FOR AN
APPLICANT FOR A MASTER BARBER LICENSE WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE
BARBERING IN ANOTHER STATE.

(B)  CONDITIONS.

THE BOARD MAY GRANT A WAIVER UNDER THIS SECTION ONLY IF:

(1)  THE APPLICANT PAYS THE APPLICATION FEE REQUIRED
UNDER § 4-304 OF THIS SUBTITLE;

(2)  THE APPLICANT PROVIDES ADEQUATE EVIDENCE THAT THE
APPLICANT:

(I)  MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OTHERWISE REQUIRED
BY THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(II)  BECAME LICENSED IN THE OTHER STATE AFTER
PASSING, IN THAT OR ANY OTHER STATE, AN EXAMINATION THAT IS
SIMILAR TO THE EXAMINATION FOR WHICH THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THE
WAIVER;

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