Ch. 602                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. payment for the cost of the fingerprint card record checks.

(ii) If the applicant is a firm, the applicant shall pay the cost of the
fingerprint card record checks for each firm member.

(h) An applicant for a license who intends to employ at least 5 individuals as
private detectives [or as security guards] shall submit with the application proof of
liability insurance, as required under 13-604 of this title.

13-307.

While a license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to:

(1)     conduct a business that provides private detective services for
compensation;

(2)     maintain an office for the conduct of the business at each location stated
in the agency license certificate;

(3)     employ individuals as private detectives to provide private detective
services to the public on behalf of the licensee; AND

(4)     [engage in the business of providing security guards for hire, as provided
under Subtitle 5 of this title; and

(5)] represent the licensee to the public as a private detective agency.

13-308.

(c) A licensee periodically may renew the license for an additional 1-year term, if
the licensee:

(1)     otherwise is entitled to be licensed;

(2)     pays to the Secretary:
(i) a renewal fee of:

1.       [$200] $100, if the licensee is an individual; or

2.       [$400] $200, if the licensee is a firm; and

(ii) any late fee required under § 13-309 of this subtitle; and

(3)     submits to the Secretary:

(i) a renewal application on the form that the Secretary provides; and

(ii) the annual statements required under § 13-309 of this subtitle.

13-313.

(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 13-315 of this subtitle, the Secretary
may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a
license if the applicant or licensee:

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