Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not engage, or solicit to engage, in the business of providing security systems services in the State unless the person obtains a license and meets the requirements of § 18-401 of this title.
(a) If the applicant for a license is a firm, the firm shall appoint a firm member as the representative member to make the application on behalf of the firm. (b) To qualify for a license, if an applicant is an individual, an applicant shall: (1) be at least 18 years old; and (2) be of good moral character. […]
(a) An applicant for a license shall: (1) submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; (2) submit the documents required by this section; and (3) pay to the Secretary: (i) an application fee of $100; (ii) the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records; and […]
(a) Except for a license issued under § 18-303(g) of this subtitle, before issuing a license, the Secretary shall conduct a State and national criminal records check for each applicant who applies for a license. (b) If the applicant is a firm, the Secretary shall conduct a State and national criminal records check for each firm member.
(a) The Secretary shall issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this title. (b) The Secretary shall include on each license that the Secretary issues: (1) the full name of the licensee; (2) the current address of the licensee; (3) the date of issuance of the license; and (4) the date on which the license expires. (c) Except […]
(a) While a license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to engage in the business of providing security systems services. (b) An individual or a firm may qualify for a license as a security systems agency.
(a) By regulation, the Secretary shall stagger the terms of the licenses. (b) Unless a license is renewed for a 3-year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the date the Secretary sets. (c) At least 1 month before a license expires, the Secretary shall mail or electronically transmit to the agency: (1) a renewal application […]
(a) (1) If the licensee is an individual, the licensee and each security systems technician employed by the licensee shall carry and display the license on demand of any customer or law enforcement officer. (2) If the licensee is a firm, each firm member and security systems technician employed by the firm shall carry and display a copy […]
Subject to the hearing provisions of § 18-310 of this subtitle, the Secretary may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, fine a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee, or a firm member or employee of an applicant or licensee that is a firm: (1) fraudulently or deceptively […]
(a) Before the Secretary takes any final action under § 18-309 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary. (b) The Secretary shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article. (c) The […]
Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary in a contested case, as defined in § 10-202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.
