(a) Requirement.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no person shall make or issue a weighmaster's certificate unless licensed by the department. Application for a license shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department. The application shall contain the following:

(1) The name and address of the business or businesses for which the public weighmaster will be conducting weighing.

(2) The name and address of the residence of the applicant.

(3) The scale locations where weighing will be conducted by the weighmaster.

(b) Referral.--The department may refer any application for a license as a weighmaster to any city or county inspector of weights and measures for a report as to the accuracy of the statements made on the application, the suitability of the scale or scales to be used by the applicant and such other information as the department may require.

(c) Fee.--The applicant shall pay to the department a license fee of $60, which shall be remitted to the State Treasurer through the Department of Revenue. The license shall be for a period of two years from the date of issue. A license may be renewed at the discretion of the department for successive periods of not more than two years upon payment to the department of a license fee of $60, which shall be remitted to the State Treasurer through the Department of Revenue.

(d) Display.--Each license or a duplicate thereof shall be kept conspicuously displayed at the place where the weighmaster is engaged in weighing. In the event of the change of any name or address appearing on any application, the licensed weighmaster shall notify the department of the change within 48 hours.

(e) Suspension or revocation.--After a hearing and upon due notice to the licensee, a license may be suspended or revoked by the department for dishonesty, incompetency, inaccuracy or failure to notify the department of any change of name or address stated in the application, and a license may be revoked by the department without hearing if the licensed weighmaster has been found guilty of any violation of the provisions of this subchapter or if the licensed weighmaster has ceased to be employed at the places of weighing for which the license has been issued.

(f) Records.--The department shall keep a record of all applications received and of all licenses issued.

(g) Rules.--The department may adopt rules for determining the qualifications of an applicant for a license as a licensed public weighmaster.