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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(vi) Is not an addict or a habitual user of any controlled dangerous
substances.
(vii) Has never spent more than thirty consecutive days in any
medical institution for treatment of a mental disorder or disorders, unless there is
attached to the application a physician's certificate, issued within thirty days prior to
the date of application, certifying that the applicant is capable of possessing a pistol
or revolver without undue danger to himself or herself, or to others.
[(e)] (F) The Secretary shall conduct an investigation in order to determine
the truth or falsity of the information supplied and statements made in an application
for a regulated firearms dealer's license. If it be thereupon determined that any false
information or statement has been supplied or made by the applicant, a written
notification is received from the applicant's licensed attending physician that the
applicant is suffering from a mental disorder or disorders and is a danger to himself
or herself or to others, or that the application has not been properly completed, the
Secretary shall forward written notification to the prospective licensee of the
Secretary's disapproval of said application.
[(f)] (G) No person shall engage in the business of selling regulated firearms
whose application for a regulated firearms dealer's license has been disapproved,
unless such disapproval has been subsequently withdrawn by the Secretary or
overruled by the action of the courts pursuant to subsection [(g)] (H) below.
[(g)] (H) Any person aggrieved by the action of the Secretary may appeal the
disapproval of his or her application for a regulated firearms dealer's license to the
circuit court of the county where the applicant's intended place of business is to be
conducted. Such appeal must be filed not later than thirty days from the date written
notification of disapproval to the prospective licensee was mailed by the Secretary.
The court wherein an appeal is properly and timely filed shall affirm or reverse the
determination of disapproval rendered by the Secretary, depending upon whether it
finds that any false information or statement was supplied or made by the applicant,
or that the application was not properly completed. A further appeal to the Court of
Special Appeals may be prosecuted by either the Secretary or the applicant from the
decision reached by the circuit court in accordance with this subsection.
[(h)] (I) The Secretary shall suspend an issued regulated firearms dealer's
license by written notification forwarded to the licensee under any of the following
circumstances if the licensee:
(1) Is under indictment for a crime of violence; or
(2) Is arrested for any violation of this subheading that would prohibit
the purchase or possession of a regulated firearm.
[(i)] (J) The Secretary shall revoke an issued regulated firearm dealer's
license, by written notification forwarded to the licensee, under any of the following
circumstances:
(1) When it is discovered false information or statements have been
supplied or made in an application required by this section; or
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