# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 20. Frederick County

### Subtitle 19. Conduct of License Holders

#### Section 20-1901

(a) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 5 ("Conduct of Local License Holders") of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:

  (1) Sec. 4-502 ("Storage of alcoholic beverages");

  (2) Sec. 4-503 ("Solicitations and sales outside of licensed premises");

  (3) Sec. 4-506 ("Evidence of purchaser's age"); and

  (4) Sec. 4-507 ("Retail delivery of alcoholic beverages").

(b) The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 5 ("Conduct of Local License Holders") of Division I of this article apply in the county:

  (1) Sec. 4-504 ("Employment of underage individuals"), subject to Sec. 20-1902 of this subtitle;

  (2) Sec. 4-505 ("Alcohol awareness program"), subject to Sec. 20-1903 of this subtitle; and

  (3) Sec. 4-508 ("Display of license"), subject to Sec. 20-1904 of this subtitle.

#### Section 20-1902

A license holder may employ an individual who is:

(1) at least 18 years old to sell, serve, deliver, or otherwise deal with alcoholic beverages; or

(2) at least 14 years old to perform any task other than to sell, serve, or deliver alcoholic beverages.

#### Section 20-1903

(a)

  (1) The individual certified by an approved alcohol awareness program may be absent from the licensed premises for a personal or business reason or an emergency if:

    (i) the personal or business reason or emergency meets standards that the Board sets by regulation; and

    (ii) the absence lasts for not more than 2 hours.

  (2) The Board shall require the license holder to keep a log book on the licensed premises that documents each temporary absence, the length of time of the absence, and the reason for the absence, in the form that the Board requires.

(b) A license holder who violates this section is subject to:

  (1) for a first offense, a $100 fine; and

  (2) for each subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $500 or a suspension or revocation of the license or both.

#### Section 20-1904

A license holder shall frame the license and display the license conspicuously in the licensed premises.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)