Maryland § 9A-403

§ 9A-403.

    (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.