Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5B - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies
Section 16-5B-07 - Prohibited Relationships

An appraisal management company may not:
        (1)    knowingly employ a person in a position in which the person has the responsibility to order appraisals or to review completed appraisals who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated;
        (2)    knowingly enter into an independent contractor arrangement for real estate appraisal services with a person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated; or
        (3)    knowingly enter into a contract, an agreement, or any other business relationship, for the purpose of obtaining real estate appraisal services, with an entity that employs, has entered into an independent contract arrangement with, or has entered into a contract, an agreement, or any other business relationship with a person who has ever had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, revoked, or surrendered in any state, unless the license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated.

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