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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 3 – Product Placement">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-301" heading="General requirements.">
    <text>Except as otherwise specified in this subtitle, no establishment that sells ephedrine products at retail may display, store, or place any ephedrine product anywhere that is accessible to customers without the intervention of the seller or an employee of the seller.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-621</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-302" heading="Examples of complying placement.">
    <text>The display, storage, or placement of ephedrine products in accord with one of the following methods does not violate &lt;cite data-path="|health|§15-301"&gt;§ 15-301 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;:</text>
    <para num="(1)">behind a sales counter in a place that, absent extraordinary efforts, is beyond the physical reach of customers;</para>
    <para num="(2)">in a locked display case for which seller assistance is needed to gain access to products in the case; or</para>
    <para num="(3)">in an overhead merchandise rack that:<para num="(i)">at its lowest point, is at least 6 feet above the floor; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">permits access to products in the rack only from the side facing away from customers.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-621</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="15-303 to 15-308" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="15-309" 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 an environmental citation as authorized by City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of an environmental citation to enforce this subtitle does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-621</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-310" heading="Criminal penalties: $500.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">An owner, operator, or manager of an establishment that violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Each day a separate offense.">Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-621</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
