Section 24-505 - Scope. - Maryland Statutes

§ 24-505. Scope.
 

This subtitle does not apply to: 

(1) Private homes, residences, including residences used as a business or place of employment, unless being used by a person who is licensed or registered under Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article to provide day care or child care, and private vehicles, unless being used for the public transportation of children, or as part of health care or day care transportation; 

(2) A hotel or motel room rented to one or more guests as long as the total percent of hotel or motel rooms being so used does not exceed 25%; 

(3) A retail tobacco business that is a sole proprietorship, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, or other enterprise, in which: 

(i) The primary activity is the retail sale of tobacco products and accessories; and 

(ii) The sale of other products is incidental; 

(4) Any facility of a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, or distributor of tobacco products or of any tobacco leaf dealer or processor in which employees of the manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, distributor, or processor work or congregate; or 

(5) A research or educational laboratory for the purpose of conducting scientific research into the health effects of tobacco smoke. 
 

[2007, ch. 501, § 1; ch. 502, § 1.]