Md. Code, Business Regulation § 9A-403
This is the official text of Md. Code, Business Regulation § 9A-403, part of Maryland’s Code, Business Regulation — governs general business licensing and regulation.
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§9A–403.
Official statutory text
(a) Each individual whom the State, a county, or a local government appoints or employs as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector shall:
(1) each year attend a continuing education course that the Board or, with the approval of the Board, a county or local government conducts; and
(2) meet minimum standards that are:
(i) established by the Board; and
(ii) administered:
1. for a county or local government inspector, by the county or local government that appoints or employs the inspectors; and
2. for a State inspector by the State.
(b) An individual may not have any financial interest in any business that provides heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services while employed by the State, a county, or any local government as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector.
(c) (1) On appointment or employment, the individual shall place any license that the inspector holds on inactive status subject to § 9A-309 of this title.
(2) The Board may issue a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector identification card to an inspector who has placed the appropriate licensee on inactive status.
(3) On termination of the appointment or employment of an individual as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector, the Board shall reactivate the license of the individual who is on inactive status, without examination, if the individual:
(i) makes a written request to the Board; and
(ii) pays to the Board a reactivation fee established by the Board.
(1) each year attend a continuing education course that the Board or, with the approval of the Board, a county or local government conducts; and
(2) meet minimum standards that are:
(i) established by the Board; and
(ii) administered:
1. for a county or local government inspector, by the county or local government that appoints or employs the inspectors; and
2. for a State inspector by the State.
(b) An individual may not have any financial interest in any business that provides heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services while employed by the State, a county, or any local government as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector.
(c) (1) On appointment or employment, the individual shall place any license that the inspector holds on inactive status subject to § 9A-309 of this title.
(2) The Board may issue a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector identification card to an inspector who has placed the appropriate licensee on inactive status.
(3) On termination of the appointment or employment of an individual as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector, the Board shall reactivate the license of the individual who is on inactive status, without examination, if the individual:
(i) makes a written request to the Board; and
(ii) pays to the Board a reactivation fee established by the Board.
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