Section 10-522 - Term and renewal of license. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-522. Term and renewal of license.
 

(a)  Term of license.- A license expires on the second anniversary of its effective date, unless the license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section. 

(b)  Application for renewal.- Before the license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2-year term, without a public hearing, if the licensee otherwise is entitled to be licensed. 

(c)  Existing homes.- The Secretary may not refuse to renew the license of a private group home that existed on July 1, 1979 because that home has: 

(1) Residents who had a primary diagnosis of alcoholism, drug addiction, or severe brain damage; or 

(2) More residents than allowed for a large private group home or small private group home, if the home does not accept new residents. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, §§ 66, 67; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]