Certificates of registration Licenses expire on the last day of December of odd-numbered years following their issuance or renewal and become invalid on that date unless renewed. The board shall notify every person registered licensed under this chapter of the date of the expiration of that person's certificate license and the amount of the fee that is required for its renewal for a 2-year period, except when the applicant has become registered licensed during the first year of the 2- year period, then the renewal fee is for the remaining one year of that 2-year period. The notice must be mailed at least one month in advance of the date of the expiration of the certificate 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 rules which may not exceed $50 annually. Registration Licenses 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 license renewal date is subject to all 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.

Sec. 25. 32 MRSA §1358, as amended by PL 1995, c. 355, §15, is further amended to read:

§1358. Exemptions from expiration and renewal fees

A person holding a valid certificate of registration license 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 licensee's license remains in full force until the next regular renewal date following the termination of that employment.

Sec. 26. 32 MRSA §1361, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 355, §17, is amended to read:

§1361. Retired status

A registrant licensee who has terminated practice of engineering may apply to the board for retired status. Upon