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license. Renewal may be effected at any time after completion of | | continuing education requirements and after receipt of notice by | the payment of a fee established by rule by the board, according to | its rulesRegistration | | may be renewed up to 90 days after the date of expiration upon | | payment of a late fee of $10 in addition to the renewal fee. Any | | person who submits an application for renewal more than 90 days | after the registration | | requirements governing new applicants under this chapter, except | | that the board may in its discretion, giving due consideration to | | the protection of the public, waive examination if the renewal | | application is made within 3 years from the date of the expiration. |
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| | | Sec. 26. 32 MRSA §1358, as amended by PL 1995, c. 355, §15, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | §1358. Exemptions from expiration and renewal fees |
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| | | A person holding a valid certificate of registration | | under this chapter on the date of entering employment in the | | Armed Forces of the Government of the United States during a | | period of war or employment in any wartime service outside of the | | continental United States, governmental or otherwise, under the | | United States or any of its allied nations is exempt, for the | | duration of that employment, from the payment of all renewal | fees, and the registrant's certificate of registration | | license remains in full force until the next regular renewal date | | following the termination of that employment. |
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| | | Sec. 27. 32 MRSA §1361, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 355, §17, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | A registrant | | engineering may apply to the board for retired status. Upon | | receiving an application for retired status, accompanied by the | | fee established by the board, the board shall issue a certificate | | of retired status to the applicant and record the applicant's | name in the roster as a retired registrant | | the date of retired status. |
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| | | A retired registrant | | and may not practice engineering. The board shall reissue a | certificate of registrationregistrant | | licensee who pays all application fees, meets all current | requirements for registration | | to the board's satisfaction that, for 2 years preceding the | application for registrationregistrant |
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