Ch. 3

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Former § 310(2) required an applicant to pass an
examination "designed to show the knowledge and skill
approximating that obtained" through a 4-year forestry
curriculum and 6 years of forestry work -- a 6-year
total requirement. This former item also contained a
delayed provision so that 5 years after the enactment
of the subheading (May 25, 1972), "no person" could
qualify for a license unless the person had been
graduated from a 4-year forestry curriculum and had an
additional 2 years of experience. The broad language
of that delayed provision superseded all other
educational and experience requirements stated in the
original § 310 and, therefore, has been revised as
subsections (b) and (c) of this section. The delayed
provision explicitly superseded the alternative of an
examination since they appeared in the same sentence.
The effect of the delayed provision on former § 310(1)
was less clear because of their placement in separate
paragraphs. However, the delayed provision implicitly
superseded former § 310(1) since the delayed provision
stated an identical 4-year education requirement, but
a shorter, 2-year experience requirement.

Former Art. 56, § 310(3) allowed any person practicing
forestry on July 1, 1972, to be eligible for licensure
if that person applied to the Board by July 1, 1973
and, by its own terms, was obsolete after July 1,
1973.

The provisions of former Art. 56, § 310 that related
to individuals qualifying for a license on the basis
of being in practice on July 1, 1972, to qualification
by examination and experience, and to the use of a
master's degree as a substitute for 1 year of a 3-year
experience requirement are transferred to the Session
Laws since the future application of those provisions
is limited to individuals who were licensed on or
before May 25, 1977. Those provisions have not been
repealed so as to protect the licensing status of
individuals who originally qualified for licensing
under those provisions.

Defined terms: "Board" § 7-101

"License" § 7-101 "Practice forestry" § 7-101

7-305. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES.

(A) IN GENERAL.

AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE SHALL:

(1) SUBMIT TO THE BOARD AN APPLICATION ON THE FORM
THAT THE BOARD PROVIDES; AND

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