A renewal license shall be issued by the director to a licensee who has continuously maintained a license in effect without further examination, unless deemed necessary by the director, but such license is in all other respects required to comply with and be subject to the provisions of this chapter. After the receipt of such licensee’s application for renewal the current license shall continue in effect until the renewal license is issued or denied for cause.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, § 12; SL 1998, ch 296, § 12.