Maryland Business Occupations and Professions Section 12-503

      (a)      Each individual whom the State, a county, or a local government appoints or employs as a plumbing inspector shall:

            (1)      each year attend a continuing education course that the Board or, with the approval of the Board, a county or local government conducts; and

            (2)      meet minimum standards that:

                  (i)      adequately ensure that the plumbing inspector is qualified to inspect in accordance with the State Plumbing Code;

                  (ii)      are established:

                        1.      by the county or local government in consultation with the Board; or

                        2.      if there is no standard established by the county or local government, by the Board; and

                  (iii)      are administered:

                        1.      for a county or local government inspector, by the county or local government that appoints or employs the inspector; and

                        2.      for a State inspector, by the State.

      (b)      An individual may not have any financial interest in any plumbing business while employed by the State, a county, or any local government as a plumbing inspector.

      (c)      (1)      On appointment or employment, the individual shall place the master plumber license, journey plumber license, or limited license on inactive status.

            (2)      The Board may issue a plumbing inspector identification card to a plumbing inspector who has placed the appropriate license on inactive status.

            (3)      On termination of the appointment or employment of an individual as a plumbing inspector, the Board shall reactivate the master plumber license, journey plumber license, or limited license of an individual who is on inactive status, without examination, if the individual:

                  (i)      makes a written request to the Board; and

                  (ii)      pays to the Board a reactivation fee of:

                        1.      $20, for a journey plumber or holder of a limited journey plumber license; or

                        2.      $50, for a master plumber or holder of a limited master plumber license.

      (d)      The Board may impose a reasonable fee to cover the costs of conducting the continuing education courses under subsection (a) of this section.