Section 16-307 - Term and renewal of license. - Maryland Statutes

§ 16-307. Term and renewal of license.
 

(a)  Term of license.- Except as provided for a limited license in § 16-317 of this subtitle, a license expires on the date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section. A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years. 

(b)  Renewal notice.- At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by first-class mail to the last known address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states: 

(1) The date on which the current license expires; 

(2) The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and 

(3) The amount of the renewal fee. 

(c)  Applications for renewal.- Before the license expires, a licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2-year term, if the licensee: 

(1) Otherwise is entitled to be licensed; 

(2) Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and 

(3) Submits to the Board: 

(i) A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and 

(ii) Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirements set under this subtitle for license renewal. 

(d)  Continuing education.- The Board may establish continuing education requirements as a condition to the renewal of licenses under this section. 

(e)  Issuance of renewal.- The Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section. 

(f)  Grace period; expiration.-  

(1) A podiatrist has a grace period of 30 days after the podiatrist's license expires in which to renew the license retroactively, if the podiatrist: 

(i) Otherwise is entitled to have the license renewed; and 

(ii) Pays to the Board the renewal fee and any late fee set by the Board. 

(2) After the grace period of 30 days: 

(i) The expired license lapses into a nonrenewal status; and 

(ii) The Board may require the licensee to meet the requirements of § 16-308 to be reinstated. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, §§ 493, 493A; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1982, ch. 858; 1986, ch. 202; 1989, ch. 562; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 2003, ch. 134; 2004, ch. 25; 2005, ch. 25, § 13.]