Maryland Licensing Board/Commission Overview

• Maryland Commission of Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies and Home Inspectors
  licenses and regulates individuals who perform real estate appraisal services in connection with federally related transactions. As defined in the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, this includes appraisal management companies.

• Maryland Board of Architects
  qualifies and licenses individuals seeking architectural licensure. We also issue permits to businesses practicing architecture.

• Maryland Athlete Agents Program
  investigates complaints against licensees, as well as complaints related to unlicensed practice. The department may issue a reprimand, suspend or revoke a license, and assess monetary penalties for violations of the law and regulations.

• Maryland State Athletic Commission
  manages, supervises, and regulates the sports of boxing, kick boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling in the state of Maryland.

• Maryland Board of Barbers
  qualifies and licenses individuals seeking licensure and issues permits to business entities through which the trade of barbering is practiced.

• Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight
  registers and monitors Maryland sole proprietorships, individuals, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies operating cemeteries, as well as businesses providing burial goods and services to consumers, including monuments and memorials.

• Maryland Board of Certified Interior Designers
  certifies and regulates certified interior designers under the provisions of Business Occupations and Professions Article

• Maryland Board of Public Accountancy
  establish educational and professional standards of competence and conduct of certified public accountants in providing financial services for Maryland businesses and citizens.

• Maryland Board of Cosmetologists
  qualifies and licenses individuals seeking licensure and issues permits to business entities through which cosmetology is practiced.

• Maryland State Board of Electricians
  board will accept applications for apprentice and journey licenses, in addition to issuing master electrician licenses.

• Maryland Elevator Safety Review Board
  licenses and regulates individuals who engage in the business of erecting, constructing, wiring, altering, replacing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, or servicing elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks.

• Maryland Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects
  qualifies and licenses individuals seeking licensure and issues permits to business entities through which landscape architecture is practiced.

• Maryland Board of Foresters
  ensures that Maryland’s forest resources are protected and managed in a professional and competent manner.

• Maryland Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors (HVACR)
  licenses and regulates individuals who provide commercial and residential HVACR services

• Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC)
  licenses and regulates home improvement contractors and salespersons.

• Maryland Board of Individual Tax Preparers
  establishes educational and professional standards of competence and conduct for individual tax preparers providing federal and state tax return service for Marylanders.

• Joint Chairs Group of the Professional Design Boards
  meets to discuss issues of mutual importance to the design professions.

• Maryland Board for Professional Land Surveyors
  qualifies and licenses individuals seeking licensure and issues permits to business entities through which land surveying is practiced.

• Maryland Locksmith Licensing Program
  licensing and regulation of businesses or commercial entities that "provide locksmith services" in Maryland.

• Maryland Oil and Gas Land Professionals Registration Program
  registers Individuals who negotiate with property owners for the acquisition of mineral rights in oil or gas in Maryland.

• Maryland Board of Pilots
  licenses and regulates pilots who pilot vessels on the navigable waters of the State

• Maryland Board of Plumbing
  licenses and regulates individuals who provide or assist in providing plumbing and gas services in Maryland.

• Maryland Board for Professional Engineers
  licenses individuals seeking licensure and issues permits to business entities through which engineering is practiced.

• Maryland Real Estate Commission
  protects the health, safety and welfare of the public through examination, licensing, and regulatory activities, to uphold and apply the governing real estate laws and regulations equally to all, to provide courteous, reasonable, and professional assistance, and to impartially conduct disciplinary actions.

• Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Objects Dealers & Pawnbrokers
  licenses and regulates individuals who buy or otherwise acquire from the public secondhand gold, silver, platinum and other precious metal objects, or otherwise trade with the public in secondhand precious metal objects.

• Maryland Board of Stationary Engineers
  licenses individuals who provide stationary engineer services in the state.