H.B. 367

VETOES

(VII)  RECORD KEEPING THAT COMPLIES WITH FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS AND STATE REGULATIONS;

(VIII) EMERGENCY PLANNING; AND

(IX) OTHER STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN THE REGULATIONS.

(3)      EACH APPLICANT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW KNOWLEDGE OF
THE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO PROGRAMS.

(4)      THE SCOPE, CONTENT, AND FORM OF AN EXAMINATION SHALL BE
THE SAME FOR ALL CERTIFICATE APPLICANTS WHO TAKE THE EXAMINATION AT THE
SAME TIME.

(E) (1) THE BOARD MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TIMES AN APPLICANT MAY
TAKE AN EXAMINATION REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(2) TO QUALIFY FOR A CERTIFICATE, AN APPLICANT SHALL PASS THE
EXAMINATION WITHIN 3 YEARS OF THE FIRST TIME THE APPLICANT TAKES THE
EXAMINATION.

20-306.

(A)     SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD MAY WAIVE
ANY EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT OF THIS TITLE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
CERTIFIED AS A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR IN ANY OTHER STATE THAT THE BOARD
DETERMINES HAS A COMPARABLE CERTIFICATION PROCESS TO THE ONE
ESTABLISHED IN THIS TITLE.

(B)     THE BOARD MAY GRANT A WARMER UNDER THIS SECTION ONLY IF THE
APPLICANT:

(1)      IS OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER;

(2)      PAYS THE APPLICATION FEE REQUIRED BY THE BOARD UNDER §
20-303 OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(3)      PROVIDES ADEQUATE EVIDENCE THAT:

(I)      AT THE TIME THE APPLICANT WAS CERTIFIED IN THE OTHER
STATE, THE APPLICANT WAS QUALIFIED TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION THAT THEN
WAS REQUIRED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE;

(II)     THE APPLICANT QUALIFIED FOR A CERTIFICATE IN THE OTHER
STATE BY PASSING AN EXAMINATION GIVEN IN THAT OR ANY OTHER STATE; AND

(III)   THE APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED A STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY
RECORDS CHECK.

(C)     THE BOARD SHALL WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AS A
CERTIFIED PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR UNDER § 20-302 OF THIS TITLE SUBTITLE OR
ANY PERSON WHO:

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