Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual provides or assists in providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services in the State.
(a) To qualify for an apprentice, journeyman, journeyman restricted, master, master restricted, or limited license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this section. (b) An applicant for a master heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractor license shall: (1) have been regularly and principally employed in providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services under a journeyman, journeyman restricted, […]
An applicant for a license shall: (1) submit an application to the Board in the form that the Board provides; and (2) pay to the Board or the Board’s designee an examination fee established by the Board in an amount not to exceed the cost of the examination.
(a) An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license is entitled to be examined as provided in this section. (b) The Board shall offer examinations to applicants at least twice annually, at places within the State and at times that the Board determines. (c) The Board shall mail or electronically transmit written notice of the date, hour, and […]
(a) Subject to the limitations in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, on the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the authorized membership of the Board, the Board may waive the examination requirements of this title for an individual who is licensed in another state to provide heating, ventilation, air–conditioning, or refrigeration services […]
(a) The Board shall issue without examination a master, master restricted, or limited heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractor license to any licensee holding a current, active or inactive master, master restricted, or limited heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractor license, or a similar license issued by a subdivision of the State, if the licensee: (1) files […]
(a) To qualify for a license, an applicant shall obtain a grade of at least 70 percent on the examination. (b) The use of unauthorized material or other misbehavior by an applicant during an examination shall cause the immediate rejection of the application and shall bar the applicant from reexamination for at least 1 year. (c) (1) Applicants who […]
(a) If an applicant passes the examination required by the Board and otherwise qualifies for a master, master restricted, or limited heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractor license under this title, the Board shall send the applicant a notice that states: (1) the applicant has qualified for the license; and (2) the Board will issue the license to […]
(a) Unless the license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section, a license expires on the first October 1 that comes: (1) after the effective date of the license; and (2) in an odd-numbered year. (b) Before the license expires, the licensee may renew it for an additional 2-year term, if the licensee: (1) otherwise is […]
(a) (1) The Board may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license after a public hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of § 9A-311 of this subtitle, if the Board finds that the individual: (i) obtained a license by false or fraudulent representation; (ii) transferred the authority granted by the […]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article, before the Board takes any final action under § 9A-310 of this subtitle, the Board shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Board. (b) The Board shall give notice and hold the […]
Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board in a contested case, as defined in § 10-202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10-222 and 10-223 of the State Government Article.
