WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor
Ch. 3
APPRENTICE TO ANY APPLICANT, REPRIMAND ANY INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED
AS A STUDENT OR APPRENTICE, OR SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE REGISTRATION
OF AN INDIVIDUAL:
(1) FOR ANY APPLICABLE GROUND UNDER § 5-320 OF THIS
TITLE;
(2) IF THE APPLICANT OR INDIVIDUAL FRAUDULENTLY OR
DECEPTIVELY OBTAINS OR ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN REGISTRATION FOR THE
APPLICANT OR INDIVIDUAL OR FOR ANOTHER; OR
(3) IF THE APPLICANT OR INDIVIDUAL FRAUDULENTLY OR
DECEPTIVELY USES A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
(B) PENALTY.
INSTEAD OF OR IN ADDITION TO SUSPENDING OR REVOKING A
REGISTRATION, THE BOARD MAY IMPOSE A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING $500.
REVISOR'S NOTE: The introductory language and item (1) of
subsection (a) of this section are new language
derived without substantive change from the first
sentence of former Art. 56, § 495(a), as that sentence
related to grounds for disciplinary proceedings.
Subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section is new
language added to conform to almost all of the
occupational licensing acts adopted by the General
Assembly in the past several years. See the revisor's
note to § 5-320 of this title.
Subsection (b) of this section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 56, §
495(c).
In the introductory language of subsection (a) of this
section, the reference to the power of the Board to
reprimand a registered individual is added to state
specifically a power that is inherent in the express
power to suspend or revoke registration.
The introductory phrase of subsection (b) of this
section, "[i]nstead of or in addition to suspending or
revoking a registration", is added for clarity and
conformity to the practice of the Board.
The Business Occupations Article Review Committee
notes, for consideration by the General Assembly, that
former Art. 56, § 495(c) seemingly applied to students
but not to apprentices. Former Art. 56, § 495(a)
enabled the Board to suspend or revoke "licenses or
certificates", while § 495(c) referred only to
instances where there is a ground to suspend or revoke
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