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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 9 – Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products">
  <section prefix="§" num="12-901" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Nicotine replacement therapy product.">“Nicotine replacement therapy product” means an over-the-counter nicotine delivery system, such as gum, patches, sprays, inhalers, or lozenges, which is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the purposes of relieving nicotine withdrawal symptoms.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person” also includes, except as used in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§12-908"&gt;§ 12-908 {“Civil Penalties: $100”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-364A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="12-902" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="12-903" heading="Retailers to offernicotine replacement therapy products for sale.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Retailer” defined.">In this section, a retailer means any:<para num="(1)">licensed retailer, as defined in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gbr|16-201"&gt;State Business Regulation Article, § 16-201(d) &lt;/cite&gt;{“Licensed retailer”}; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">licensed other tobacco products retailer, as defined in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gbr|16"&gt;State Business Regulation Article, § 16&lt;/cite&gt;.5-101(e) {“Licensed other tobacco products retailer”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Retailer required to offer at least one form of therapy product.">A retailer must offer at least one form of nicotine replacement therapy product for sale.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Packaging.">Any nicotine replacement therapy product offered for sale must be packaged in the smallest quantity available to the retailer.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Display.">Any nicotine replacement therapy product offered for sale must be prominently displayed near any tobacco products offered for sale.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-364A</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="12-904 to 12-905" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="12-906" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this subtitle may be enforced by issuance of:<para num="(1)">an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of a citation to enforce this subtitle does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Each day a separate offense.">Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-364A</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
