ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 397

DISALLOWANCE EITHER TO PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE OF HAVING ACQUIRED
CONTACT HOURS OR TO ACQUIRE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF CONTACT HOURS
PRIOR TO REVOCATION OF A LICENSE.

(D)     THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE MET IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS
LICENSED OR CERTIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE, PROVINCE, OR DISTRICT WHICH HAS A
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENSE THAT IS
SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AND THE PROGRAM
IS ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD AND THE INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIES THAT ALL
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE,
PROVINCE, OR DISTRICT FROM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
HAVE BEEN MET, SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY THE BOARD.

(E)     THE BOARD MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION FOR A
LICENSEE IF THE LICENSEE SHOWS GOOD CAUSE FOR BEING UNABLE TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS.

3-310.

(a)     The Board shall reinstate the license of an architect who, for any reason,
has failed to renew the license by the end of the 30-day grace period if the architect:

(1)     meets the renewal requirements of § 3-309 of this subtitle;

(2)     pays to the Board all past due renewal fees;

(3)     except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, pays to
the Board a reinstatement fee of $100, in addition to all past due renewal fees; [and]

(4)     submits to the Board a reinstatement application on the form that
the Board provides; AND

(5)      MEETS THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENSE UNDER § 3-309.1 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, IF THE LICENSE HAD NOT EXPIRED, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 24 CONTACT
HOURS.

(b)     The Board may waive a reinstatement fee for a licensee who provides
evidence satisfactory to the Board that the licensee did not practice architecture
during the time the license lapsed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

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