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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part I – In general">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-301" heading="Notice of violation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Whenever the Commissioner reasonably believes that a person is distributing a psychoactive substance in violation of this title, the Commissioner shall issue a violation notice to the person.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents.">The violation notice must:<para num="(1)">cite the violation;</para>
      <para num="(2)">specify any corrective action to be taken and the time within which that action must be taken; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">state that a hearing will be provided to the person, if one is requested under Title 2, Subtitle 3 {“Administrative Hearings”} of &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-440</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="16-302" heading="Authority to seize, test, etc.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">On reasonable belief that a violation of this title has occurred, the Commissioner may:<para num="(1)">seize and detain any product suspected to be a psychoactive substance;</para>
      <para num="(2)">submit the seized product for laboratory testing and analysis;</para>
      <para num="(3)">retain for use in further proceedings any seized product found to be a psychoactive substance; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">destroy any product ultimately determined to be a psychoactive substance involved in a violation of this title.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Return of non-psychoactive substances.">Any product found not to be a psychoactive substance involved in a violation of this subtitle must be promptly returned to the person from whom seized, less any amount destroyed for testing.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-440</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="16-303 to 16-305" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
