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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-4 Health and welfare agencies.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-4" heading="Health and welfare agencies.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">It is an unlawful practice for any health and welfare agency or any owner, supervisor, staff person, director, manager, or officer of a health and welfare agency to:<para num="(1)">discriminate against any person by refusing, denying, or withholding from him any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any health and welfare program or service;</para>
      <para num="(2)">discriminate against any person in the setting of rates or charges for any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any such agency; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">communicate, publish, advertise, or represent:<para num="(i)">that any of the services, programs, benefits, facilities, or privileges of any health and welfare agency are withheld from or denied to any person on a discriminatory basis; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">that the patronage of any person is unwelcome, objectionable, or unacceptable because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation,  gender identity or expression, or HIV or AIDS status; or</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">based on an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV or AIDS status:<para num="(i)">deny admission to a facility, transfer or refuse to transfer the individual within a facility or to another facility, or discharge or evicts an individual from a facility;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">deny a request by individuals to share a room in a facility;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">if rooms are assigned by gender, assign, reassign, or refuse to assign a room to a transgender individual other than in accordance with the individual’s gender identity, unless at the individual’s request;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">prohibit an individual from using, or harassing an individual who seeks to use or does use, a restroom available to other individuals of the same gender identity, regardless of whether the individual is  making a gender transition or appears to be gender- nonconforming;</para>
        <para num="(v)">willfully and repeatedly use an individual’s incorrect name or pronouns after being clearly informed of the individual’s correct name or pronouns, unless otherwise required by law;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">deny an individual the right to wear or be dressed in clothing, accessories, or cosmetics that are allowed for any other individual;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">restrict an individual’s right to associate with other individuals, including the right to consensual sexual relations, unless the restriction uniformly applies to all individuals in a nondiscriminatory manner;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">deny or restrict medical or nonmedical care; or</para>
        <para num="(ix)">provide medical or nonmedical care in a manner that, to a similarly situated reasonable individual, unduly demeans the individual’s dignity or causes avoidable discomfort.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice requirement.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">A facility must post prominently, and must include with any materials that describe the facility’s nondiscrimination policies, a notice that:<para num="(i)">meets the requirements of this subsection; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">is in a form prescribed by the Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Contents.">The notice required under this subsection must include:<para num="(i)">a statement that the law prohibits discrimination, including bullying, abuse, or harassment, on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or HIV or AIDS status; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">information about enforcement under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|4|4"&gt;Article 4, Subtitle 4 {“Enforcement”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 4, §12</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 4, §12</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 64-103</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 71-1160</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 75-908</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-079</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-423</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-453</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
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</baltimore-city-law>
