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<section number="5-207.06" name="Exemptions" law="code" slug="sec-5-207.06" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5BULI_DIV15DO-DSO_S5-207.06EX">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The provisions of this Division shall not apply to the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Solicitors representing a civic or charitable organization who receive no compensation for soliciting either by way of salary or commission, subject to the following conditions:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>No later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the commencement of any period of solicitation, the organization has filed a completed application with the Director in order to be granted an exemption from the provisions of this Division on an application form prescribed by the Director for that purpose. In addition to such additional information as the Director may reasonably deem necessary for purposes of the implementation, administration and enforcement of this Division, the application shall state or be accompanied by the following:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant organization; for purposes of this Section, the Director is authorized to require the applicant organization to submit written evidence verifying its civic or charitable status, including a copy of a written ruling by the United States Internal Revenue Service establishing the nonprofit nature or status of the applicant organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The nature or purpose for which solicitations will be made and, if applicable, the nature of the goods, wares, service, and/or merchandise offered for sale;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>The dates during which solicitations will be made and an identification of the area or areas of the County within which solicitations will be made; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>Five (5) current copies of the identification card to be used by each solicitor representing the applicant organization within the County; the identification card of each applicant organization shall include the name of the applicant organization and adequate space for the recording of the County exemption number issued to the applicant organization by the Director and the name of the solicitor to whom the identification card is issued by the applicant organization.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Upon receipt of a completed application form as required in subparagraph (A), above, the Director shall issue to the applicant organization a County exemption number exempting said organization from the provisions of this Division and authorizing said organization to solicit within the County for a specified period not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Each organization which is granted an exemption from the provisions of this Division as authorized under this section, shall be responsible for issuing the identification card described in subparagraph (A)(iv), above, to each solicitor representing the organization within the County. Each organization shall be responsible for insuring that the name of the solicitor and the County exemption number are clearly recorded on each identification card. The organization shall maintain a current list of the names and addresses of all solicitors to whom the applicant has issued identification cards, and shall permit the Director, upon request, to inspect said list.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>Each solicitor representing an organization which is granted an exemption under this paragraph shall carry his identification card with him at all times while engaged in soliciting and shall display said identification card to the prospective buyer or donor prior to making any solicitation. Each such solicitor shall permit any person, upon request, to personally inspect his identification card, including any police officer or County inspector of licenses who makes such request.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="E">
        <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Division, the provisions of Sections 5-207.05 and 5-207.08 shall apply in their entirety to solicitors representing organizations which have been granted an exemption under this Section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Newsboys soliciting subscriptions to any newspapers published in the County, the State, or the District of Columbia.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Route deliverymen who make deliveries at least once a week to regular customers and whose solicitation is only incidental to their regular deliveries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any person holding a valid license as a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesman as issued by the Real Estate Commission of the State of Maryland pursuant to the provisions of Title 17, Business Occupations and Professions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any employee of a retail business establishment operating at a fixed location, where the employee visits a consumer's home in response to the unsolicited request of the consumer for the purpose of installing or servicing merchandise or equipment purchased from said business by the consumer or for the purpose of displaying to the consumer merchandise or equipment being offered for retail sale by said business and/or accepting purchase orders for any such merchandise or equipment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
