Section 16-206 – Scope of Licenses
(a) A manufacturer license authorizes the licensee to: (1) sell unstamped cigarettes to: (i) a licensed cigarette wholesaler located in Maryland; and (ii) a licensed cigarette wholesaler located outside of Maryland if the unstamped cigarettes may lawfully be sold in Maryland; (2) except as otherwise prohibited or restricted under local law, this article, or the Criminal Law Article, distribute sample […]
Section 16-223 – Direct Sales and Shipping of Cigarettes Ordered by Mail or Other Means
(a) This section applies to a person who is engaged in the business of selling or distributing cigarettes. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person covered under this section may not: (i) sell or ship cigarettes, ordered or purchased by mail or through a computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network by […]
Section 16-207 – Term and Renewal of Licenses
(a) Unless a license is renewed for a 1–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 after its effective date. (b) At least 1 month before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the issuing official shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, a […]
Section 16-208 – Assignment, Transfer, and Surrender of Licenses
(a) (1) A licensed retailer or licensed vending machine operator may not assign the license. (2) If a licensed subwholesaler or licensed wholesaler sells the licensee’s cigarette business and pays to the Executive Director a license assignment fee of $10, the licensee may assign the license to the buyer of the business. (b) If the cigarette business of a […]
Section 16-209 – License Display; Cigarette Display and Vending Machine Label Requirements
(a) A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation. (b) A licensee who sells cigarettes through a vending machine: (1) shall place each package of cigarettes in the machine so that when the package is visible the tax stamps required by § 12–304 of the Tax – General Article are […]
Section 16-210 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Grounds
(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16–211 of this subtitle, the Executive Director may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee: (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another person; (2) fraudulently […]
Section 16-211 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Hearings
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10–226 of the State Government Article, before the Executive Director takes any final action under § 16–210 of this subtitle, the Executive Director shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Executive Director. (b) The Executive Director shall give notice and […]
Section 16-212 – Period and Notice of Disciplinary Action; Revocation
(a) Subject to the notice requirement of subsection (c) of this section, if a licensee engages in an act or omission that is a ground for discipline under § 16–210 of this subtitle, the Executive Director may suspend the license for a consecutive period that: (1) for a first offense, is not less than 5 nor more […]
Section 16-213 – Judicial Review
A party to a proceeding before the Executive Director who is aggrieved by a final decision of the Executive Director in a contested case, as defined in § 10–202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10–222 and 10–223 of the State Government Article.
Section 16-214 – Doing Business Without License
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 16-202(b) of this subtitle, a person may not act, attempt to act, or offer to act as a manufacturer, retailer, storage warehouse, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler in the State unless the person has an appropriate license. (b) (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor […]