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MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  8-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 8 - Home Improvement|Subtitle 8 - Short Title; Termination of Title|Section 8-802 - Termination of Title

    Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, this title and all regulations adopted under this title shall terminate on July 1, 2032.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 9-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Client” means an individual who seeks employment through an employment agency.    (c)    (1)    “Employment agency” means a person who, for a fee:            (i)    obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain:                1.    an employee for a person who seeks an employee; or                2.    employment for a client;            (ii)    provides to a client information to enable the client to obtain employment;            (iii)    obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain employment or an engagement in connection with an entertainment, exhibition, or performance, including:                1.    a ballet;                2.    a circus;                3.    a concert;                4.    the legitimate theater;                5.    modeling;                6.    a motion picture;                7.    an opera;                8.    a phonograph recording;                9.    the radio;                10.    a transcription;                11.    television;                12.    the variety field; or                13.    vaudeville; or            (iv)    1.    obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain an alien labor certification or immigrant visa for an individual; and                2.    participates directly or indirectly in the recruitment or supply of an individual who resides outside of the continental United States for employment in the continental United States.        (2)    “Employment agency” does not include a person who merely:            (i)    conducts a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary services to another person;            (ii)    as a lawyer, directly obtains an immigrant visa for an individual;            (iii)    conducts a business that:                1.    receives a fee that is paid wholly by an employer;                2.    does not collect money from an individual seeking employment; and                3.    does not require an individual seeking employment to make a contract; or            (iv)    operates a nursing referral service agency that is licensed under Title 19, Subtitle 4B of the Health – General Article.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 9-102 - Scope of Title

    This title does not apply to:         (1)    a charitable, educational, fraternal, or religious organization that does not charge a fee for its services other than ordinary dues for membership;        (2)    a labor organization while obtaining or attempting to obtain employment for a member of the organization; or        (3)    an organization of employers while obtaining or attempting to obtain help for a member of the organization.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-302 - Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds; Penalty

    An employment agency may not:         (1)    knowingly refer a client to a job if any condition of the job violates any law;        (2)    refer a client to an establishment where a labor dispute exists;        (3)    as a condition of providing service to a client, require the client before acceptance of a job to execute:            (i)    a promissory note; or            (ii)    an instrument with warrant of attorney that authorizes confession of judgment;        (4)    advertise a job for which there is no order by an employer on file;        (5)    send a client to an employer for a job with no order on file for the job unless:            (i)    the employer previously requested regular interviews with qualified clients, the client is qualified, and the employment agency confirms the request before sending the client to the employer; or            (ii)    the employment agency tells the client that the employment agency has no order for the job;        (6)    split a fee with an employer or representative of an employer, except that the employment agency may accept from an employer all or part of a service fee for a client if the employment agency tells the client of the payment;        (7)    charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment;        (8)    publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information or promise;        (9)    solicit for other employment an individual who is employed by an employer with whom the employment agency placed the individual, unless the individual reactivates the application;        (10)    engage in fraud or dishonest dealing; or        (11)    violate this title.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-303 - Records

    Each employment agency shall keep a detailed record of:         (1)    each job order from an employer; and        (2)    each referral that the employment agency makes on a job order.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-304 - Advertisements

    (a)    Each employment agency shall keep a file of all job advertisements that identifies each advertisement by:        (1)    its date; and        (2)    the publication where the advertisement appears.    (b)    Each employment agency:        (1)    shall indicate on each advertisement and on all other promotional material the name of the employment agency; and        (2)    except in an advertisement that appears in a classified employment agency column of a newspaper, shall use the word “agency” in each advertisement.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-305 - Contracts and Forms

    (a)    Each employment agency shall indicate, on each form that the employment agency uses, that it is an employment agency.    (b)    In a contract between an employment agency and a client, the term “acceptance of position by applicant” means:        (1)    commencement of work by a client; or        (2)    an agreement between a client and employer for the client to begin work on a fixed date at an agreed remuneration.    (c)    In each contract between an employment agency and a client, the employment agency shall state the fee that the employment agency charges the client for placement by the employment agency.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-306 - Temporary Placement Fees

    (a)    If, within 90 days after a client starts a job, the client is discharged through no fault of the client or leaves the job voluntarily with just cause, an employment agency may charge the client a temporary placement fee of up to the lesser of:        (1)    20% of the total compensation the client received; or        (2)    75% of the permanent placement fee for the same job.    (b)    If, within 90 days after a client starts a job, the client is discharged for cause or leaves the job voluntarily without just cause, an employment agency may charge the client a temporary placement fee of up to 75% of the permanent placement fee.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-307 - Collection of Placement Fee Limited

    If, for a pay period, the pay of an employee placed by an employment agency is not more than the minimum wage under § 3-413 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employment agency may not collect or attempt to collect more than 20% of its placement fee from the employee’s pay for the pay period.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-308 - Reimbursement of Client

    Within 24 hours after a client demands reimbursement for ordinary and necessary travel expenses incurred as a result of a referral, an employment agency shall reimburse the client if the client did not obtain employment and:         (1)    the employment agency sent the client to an employer for a job for which the employment agency had no order and failed to tell the client that there was no order;        (2)    the client was qualified and the employment agency sent the client to an employer that previously asked for regular interviews with qualified clients, but the employment agency failed to confirm the order with the employer; or        (3)    the client was unqualified and the employment agency sent the client to an employer that previously asked for regular interviews with qualified clients.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 3 - Employment Agencies|Section 9-309 - Documents Provided to Clients

    (a)    When an employment agency and a client execute a contract or other document, the employment agency shall give the client a copy of the document.    (b)    For each fee that an employment agency receives from a client, the employment agency shall give the client a receipt that states:        (1)    the name of the client;        (2)    the date of payment;        (3)    the amount of the fee paid; and        (4)    the balance of the fee due.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 4 - Penalties|Section 9-401 - Doing Business as Employment Agency Without License

    A person who violates this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9 - Employment Agencies|Subtitle 5 - Short Title|Section 9-501 - Short Title

    This title is the Maryland Employment Agency Act.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 9A-102 - Purpose of Title

    The purpose of this title is to establish a licensing program for individuals who provide or assist in providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration services to:         (1)    protect the public;        (2)    provide and maintain efficient and safe systems;        (3)    promote high professional standards; and        (4)    ensure that qualified individuals carry out subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 9A-103 - Scope of Title

    This title does not limit the right of:         (1)    an individual owner of a single-family dwelling while that owner is practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within a building or structure owned by the individual;        (2)    an individual who is building a single-family dwelling in which that individual will reside while practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within that dwelling;        (3)    an employee of a public utility company regulated by the Public Service Commission, when engaged in:            (i)    the development, construction, maintenance, or repair of electric or gas facilities located in the State; or            (ii)    the construction, maintenance, or repair of electric or gas appliances in the service area of the public utility;        (4)    subject to § 9A-403(a) of this title, an employee of the United States government, the State government, a local government, or an independent agency while that employee is practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within buildings or structures owned or solely occupied by the United States government, the State government, a local government, or an independent agency;        (5)    an individual employed in the installation, maintenance, alteration, repair, or replacement of self-contained appliances requiring not more than 225 volts or 25 amperes of electrical current;        (6)    an individual possessing a master electrician's license issued by the State or any county, when engaged in the installation, alteration, service, repair, or replacement of individually controlled electric resistance heat;        (7)    an individual possessing a master plumber's license issued by the State, Baltimore County, or the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission when providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on hydronic heating systems;        (8)    an individual possessing a license to practice engineering when providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services in connection with the practice of engineering;        (9)    an individual who installs, alters, remodels, maintains, or repairs oil burners exclusively while employed by a supplier of home heating fuel; or        (10)    an individual regularly employed by the owner of property, or the owner's agent, to engage in maintenance and repair work.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-201 - Established

    There is a State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors in the Department.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-203 - Officers

    (a)    From among the Board members, the Governor shall appoint a chairman.    (b)    Except for the chairman, the manner of election of officers shall be as the Board determines.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-204 - Meetings; Quorum; Staff; Compensation

    (a)    (1)    The Board shall meet once a month in a location and office provided by the State.        (2)    Special meetings of the Board may be held as the Board provides in its rules and regulations.    (b)    A majority of the members then serving on the Board is a quorum.    (c)    The Board may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget.    (d)    Subject to the State budget, each member of the Board is entitled to:        (1)    an annual salary of $3,600; and        (2)    reimbursement for reasonable expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-205 - Powers and Duties of Board

    (a)    In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere, the Board shall:        (1)    adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title;        (2)    adopt and enforce a code that sets minimum standards for installing, altering, remodeling, maintaining, and repairing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, hydronic, and refrigeration systems;        (3)    administer examinations;        (4)    issue licenses;        (5)    keep a list of all licensees;        (6)    keep a record of its proceedings; and        (7)    adopt an official seal.    (b)    The Board shall enter into a cooperative agreement with a county for the county to enforce the code adopted under this section.    (c)    If a county has adopted a code prior to January 1, 1988 the county code shall apply within that county.    (d)    The Board exercises its powers, duties, and functions subject to the authority of the Secretary.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-206 - Enforcement of Title

    (a)    The Board may investigate any complaint that alleges facts that constitute a violation of this title.    (b)    On receipt of the results of an investigation made under this section, the Board promptly shall take action that is appropriate under this title to ensure compliance with this title.    (c)    (1)    If the Board concludes that any conduct alleged to be in violation of this title will result in harm to any citizen of the State, the Board may seek a permanent or temporary injunction with respect to the conduct from the circuit court of any county in which the alleged violation occurs, or in which the violator has its principal place of business.        (2)    In seeking an injunction under this subsection, the Board is not required to:            (i)    post bond;            (ii)    allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist; or            (iii)    allege or prove that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation of the provision.    (d)    (1)    Any 5 members of the Board, or a hearing officer designated by the Board, may administer oaths, hold hearings, and take testimony about all matters within the jurisdiction of the Board.        (2)    The Board, or its designee, may take testimony of any person by deposition in the same manner as in judicial proceedings in State civil cases.        (3)    Any party to any hearing before the Board has the right to attendance of witnesses, after making a request to the Board and designating the person sought to be subpoenaed.        (4)    A member of the Board may not be held personally liable for any action taken under this section.    (e)    (1)    The Board or its designee may issue a subpoena.        (2)    The Police Department of Baltimore City or the sheriff of a county shall serve a subpoena issued under this subsection.        (3)    If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this subsection, on petition of the Board, a court of competent jurisdiction may compel compliance with the subpoena.    (f)    (1)    Subject to the notice and hearing provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article, the Board may issue a cease and desist order for a violation of any provision of this title or a regulation adopted under this title.        (2)    After a hearing, if the Board finds that a person has violated this title or a regulation adopted under this title, the Board may order the person to cease and desist from the violation and any further similar violations.        (3)    Any party aggrieved by a decision and order of the Board under this subsection may take an appeal as provided under §§ 10–222 and 10–223 of the State Government Article.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Section 9A-207 - Fees; Disposition of Money

    (a)    The Board may set by regulation reasonable fees for its services.    (b)    The fees charged shall be:        (1)    set so as to produce funds to approximate the cost of maintaining the Board; and        (2)    based on the calculations performed by the Secretary under § 2–106.10 of this article.    (c)    The Board shall publish a schedule of the fees set by the Board.    (d)    (1)    The Board shall pay all fees collected under this title to the Comptroller.        (2)    The Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the Occupational Mechanical Licensing Boards’ Fund established in § 2–106.9 of this article.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 9A-301 - License Required

    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.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 9A-303 - Applications for Licenses

    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.
MD. Business Regulation Code Ann. §  9A-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Business Regulation|Title 9A - Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 9A-304 - Examinations

    (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 place of examination to each applicant for a license who is required to pass the examination.    (d)    (1)    The Board shall determine the subjects, scope, and form of and the passing score for examinations given under this title.        (2)    The Board shall provide examination questions that test the competency and qualifications of the applicant.    (e)    An applicant for a master restricted, journeyman restricted, or limited heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractor license shall be examined only on subjects in which the applicant has the experience required under § 9A-302 of this subtitle.    (f)    To take an examination, an applicant shall pay to the Board or a testing service chosen by the Board the examination fee set by the Board in an amount not to exceed the cost of the examination.    (g)    (1)    The Board may use a testing service to administer the examinations given under this title.        (2)    If the Board uses a testing service, the testing service, subject to requirements set by the Board, may:            (i)    set the time and place of examinations;            (ii)    give qualified applicants notice of the time and place of examinations; and            (iii)    furnish any other information that the Board may require the testing service to provide.