(1) If the department decides, after determining that an applicant for a license has met all the licensing requirements of this subchapter except for the shielding requirements in ARM 17.50.202, that a license should be issued when the applicant has complied with shielding requirements, the department shall issue and mail to the applicant a written statement that the applicant has complied with all requirements, other than shielding, of Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, MCA, and this subchapter, and that it has decided that a license should be issued if the shielding requirements are satisfied within eight months. If the applicant then complies with the shielding requirements in ARM 17.50.202 and submits acceptable evidence of that compliance to the department within eight months after the date that the department issued the statement, and otherwise remains in compliance with Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, MCA, and this subchapter, the department shall inspect and determine compliance under ARM 17.50.502(3) . If it determines that the applicant is complying with shielding and other requirements, the department shall issue the license.

(2) If an applicant who has received a statement under (1) violates any requirement of Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, MCA, this subchapter, or an order of the department issued pursuant to Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, MCA, or this subchapter, the department may take enforcement or other action authorized by Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, MCA, or this subchapter.