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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-6 Anti-trafficking training required.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-6" heading="Anti-trafficking training required.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Hotel employees to be trained.">Any person who owns or operates a hotel within the City must provide training on how to identify human trafficking activities and human trafficking victims:<para num="(1)">to all new hotel employees, within 90 days of hire; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">to all hotel employees, at least once every two years.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Training to be approved by Health Commissioner.">The anti-trafficking training program required by this section must be approved by the Health Commissioner as appropriate for training employees on how to identify human trafficking activities and human trafficking victims.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Certification required.">Beginning in calendar year 2020, any person who owns or operates a hotel within the City must annually certify to the Housing Commissioner, no later than December 31 of each year, that all hotel employees have completed the training required by this section.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-353</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-503</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-241</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">This section were amended by Ordinance 19-241, effective October 19, 2019, to, among other things, require biennial training for all employees and to modify the filing deadline for annual certifications of compliance.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
