Ch. 43

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

14-311.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may [waive any
examination requirement of this subtitle for] ISSUE A LICENSE BY RECIPROCITY TO
PRACTICE ENGINEERING IN THIS STATE TO an individual who is CURRENTLY licensed
to practice engineering in another state or territory of the United States or in a foreign
country.

(b) The Board may [grant a waiver] ISSUE A LICENSE under this section only if
the applicant:

(1) is of good character and reputation;

(2) pays to the Board a license fee of $100 in lieu of any fee required under
§ 14-312 of this subtitle; and

(3) provides adequate evidence that:

(i) at the time the applicant was licensed by the other state, territory,
or foreign country, the applicant met requirements that were equivalent to those then
required by the laws of this State; or

(ii) at the time of application for [waiver of the examination
requirements] LICENSURE BY RECIPROCITY under this section, the applicant meets the
[education and experience] requirements currently required by the laws of this State.

(c) An engineer who is [granted a waiver of the examination requirements and
becomes] licensed by the Board BY RECIPROCITY may not be required to maintain
licensure in any other state, territory, or foreign country as a condition of maintaining the
license granted by the Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 43
(House Bill 178)

AN ACT concerning

Financing Statements - Filing

FOR the purpose of authorizing data included in financing statements to be filed with the
Department of Assessments and Taxation by electronic data interchange.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Commercial Law
Section 9-401(8)

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