- A. The Department shall issue a certificate of registration to a qualified person under Regulation .04 of this chapter, upon receipt of the appropriate fee specified in §B of this regulation.
B. A qualified person seeking a certificate of registration shall pay to the Department one of the following fees for the appropriate type of registration for which certification is sought:
- (1) $75 for a service technician certificate; or
- (2) $250 for a service agency certificate.
C. A service agency is exempt from paying a registration fee if it is:
- (1) A business employing service technicians to install, place into service, adjust, repair, or service weights or measures that are owned or operated by the business, and used by that business only; or
- (2) An agency within State or county government engaged in the installation, placing into service, adjusting, repairing, or servicing of weights or measures owned or operated by a State or county government.
- D. A service technician who is employed by a service agency that meets the exemption requirements of §C(1) or (2) of this regulation is exempt from paying the registration renewal fee normally required of a service technician.
Authority: Agriculture Article, §11-203(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date:
Regulations .01—.13 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2003 (30:21 Md. R. 1527); adopted permanently effective January 5, 2004 (30:26 Md. R. 1917)
Regulation .04A amended effective February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 161)
Regulation .05B amended effective February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 161)
Regulation .06 amended effective February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 161)
Regulation .07B amended effective February 17, 2025 (52:3 Md. R. 161)