(a)    Each individual whom the State, a county, or a local government appoints or employs as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration 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 are:

(i)    established by the Board; and

(ii)    administered:

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

2.    for a State inspector by the State.

(b)    An individual may not have any financial interest in any business that provides heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services while employed by the State, a county, or any local government as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector.

(c)    (1)    On appointment or employment, the individual shall place any license that the inspector holds on inactive status subject to § 9A-309 of this title.

(2)    The Board may issue a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector identification card to an inspector who has placed the appropriate licensee on inactive status.

(3)    On termination of the appointment or employment of an individual as a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration inspector, the Board shall reactivate the license of the 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 established by the Board.