1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Board” means the State Board for Professional Engineers.

   2. (2) “Design boards” means collectively the:

      1. (a) State Board of Architects;
      2. (b) State Board of Certified Interior Designers;
      3. (c) State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects;
      4. (d) Board; and
      5. (e) State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.
   3. (3) “License fee” means the fee paid by an applicant or licensee, as applicable, in connection with the issuance and renewal of a license and the issuance of a limited license and a reciprocal license.
   4. (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

Authority: Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§14-101, 14-205, 14-207—14-209, 14-306, 14-307, 14-307.1, 14-310—14-312, 14-314—14-316, and 14-320; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106, 2-106.1, and 2-106.2; State Government Article, §10-204; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 28, 1981 (8:19 Md. R. 1565)

Regulation .01 amended effective April 25, 1983 (10:8 Md. R. 725); December 28, 1987 (14:26 Md. R. 2745); August 8, 1988 (15:16 Md. R. 1914); October 17, 1988 (15:21 Md. R. 2468); July 19, 1993 (20:14 Md. R. 1168); February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 276)

Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1335); adopted permanently effective December 29, 1997 (24:26 Md. R. 1757)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective October 15, 1998 (25:23 Md. R. 1694); emergency status expired April 15, 1999

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1017); emergency status expired August 22, 2000; amended permanently effective October 18, 1999 (26:21 Md. R. 1629)

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective December 11, 2000 (28:1 Md. R. 20); amended permanently effective April 30, 2001 (28:8 Md. R. 760)

Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective February 25, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 703); amended permanently effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1975)

Regulation .02 adopted effective December 24, 1982 (9:24 Md. R. 2389)

Regulation .02 repealed effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1705)

Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 933); adopted permanently effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)

Regulation .03 amended effective July 11, 2011 (38:14 Md. R. 789)

Regulation .03A amended effective March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 560); November 1, 2010 (37:22 Md. R. 1553); January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); March 4, 2013 (40:4 Md. R. 345); December 12, 2013 (40:24 Md. R. 2016); July 8, 2024 (51:13 Md. R. 647)

Regulation .03B amended effective May 10, 2004 (31:9 Md. R. 712)

Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective April 13, 2008 (35:9 Md. R. 892); amended permanently effective July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1246)

Regulation .03B, E amended as an emergency provision effective April 4, 2006 (33:9 Md. R. 795); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1365)

Regulation .03B amended effective January 23, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 17); November 11, 2013 (40:22 Md. R. 1876); April 24, 2017 (Md. R. 402); September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)

Regulation .03E repealed effective September 10, 2018 (45:18 Md. R. 834)