{"id":1055,"date":"2018-05-14T01:05:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:28:19","slug":"licensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAVMDLICENSING.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1058 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAVMDLICENSING-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAVMDLICENSING-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAVMDLICENSING-348x270.jpg 348w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NAVMDLICENSING.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WHAT ARE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">An\u00a0<em>occupational license<\/em>\u00a0is required by many municipalities in order to legally do business in that area. In some areas, it is also known as a business license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In the 1950s, only 70 occupations had licensing requirements, and these accounted for 5 percent of all workers. By 2008, more than 800 occupations were licensed in various states and accounted for 29 percent of all workers. Licensed occupations include everything from barbers and interior designers to nurse practitioners and physicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing oversees 21 licensing boards, commissions and programs appointed by the Governor and is responsible for regulating the activities of more than 255,000 individuals and businesses across 25 professions.\u00a0 In Maryland, there are over 230 registered occupations and over 9,000 registered apprentices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0Excessive licensing regulations create a serious barrier to economic opportunity for those with criminal backgrounds.\u00a0 We at Navigating Barriers to Reentry believe that these are policies that need to be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>HOW MANY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES ARE AFFECTED BY CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the <strong><em>State of Maryland Final Report of Collateral Consequences\u00a0 Workgroup (December 2016)<\/em><\/strong> there are 348 collateral consequences related to occupational licensing and professional certification in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is difficult to quickly determine which licenses are affected by a criminal record &#8211; and how.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>HOW WILL I KNOW IF I NEED A LICENSE FOR THE JOB I WANT?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In an effort to streamline this process and help individuals determine what occupations require licensing and how to obtain those licenses, Governor Moore has established a OneStop Portal for the State of Maryland Licensing.\u00a0 This portal allows you to register for licenses and permits issued by state agencies, such as mechanic licenses, real estate and home inspection, and insurance licenses, to name a few.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Click on this link to the portal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onestop.md.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maryland OneStop Licensing Portal<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT ARE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES? An\u00a0occupational license\u00a0is required by many municipalities in order to legally do business in that area. In some areas, it is also known as a business license. In the 1950s, only 70 occupations had licensing requirements, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/licensing\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}