Md. Code Regs. 36.11.02.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 36.11.02.03 - Separate Applications and Fees

A. Each SWARC application submitted to SWARC shall be accompanied by payment of the applicable nonrefundable SWARC application fee, which shall be paid to the Commission as provided in Regulation .04A(2) of this chapter.

B. The nonrefundable SWARC application fee is separate and distinct from any administrative costs for background investigations that are required to be submitted to the Commission under COMAR 36.10.02.03 to determine an applicant's qualification for a license.

C. Unless an applicant submits to the Commission the applicant's written consent for the release of information from its Commission application to SWARC, SWARC may not review, receive, or consider information that an applicant submits to the Commission in its Commission application.

D. Upon request to SWARC, the Commission may receive, review, or consider information that an applicant submits to SWARC in its application that the Commission deems necessary for determining whether the applicant can prove, by clear and convincing evidence, its qualifications for a license.

E. During its term, SWARC shall retain, separate from the Commission's records, any document the applicant submitted with its SWARC application.

F. At the conclusion of SWARC's term, the Commission shall retain any document the applicant submitted with its SWARC application:

(1) For applicants not awarded a license, for a period of 5 years from the time SWARC decided not to award a license; and

(2) For applicants awarded a license, for a period of 5 years from the latest of:

(a) The expiration of the license;

(b) The revocation of the license; or

(c) The surrender of the license.

Md. Code Regs. 36.11.02.03

Regulation .03 adopted effective 49:23 Md. R. 998, eff. 11/14/2022