A person may not serve setups, including drinking containers and ice, or serve, keep, or allow to be consumed alcoholic beverages or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks in a place of adult entertainment that: does not hold a license under this article; and allows at its location any form of sexual display or attire prohibited under § 4–605 of this article. A person who operates a business establishment for profit that is not licensed under this article may not knowingly allow a customer to bring alcoholic beverages for consumption into the establishment. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.

From 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on any day, an individual may not consume alcoholic beverages in: an establishment open to the public; a place of public entertainment; or a place at which setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic beverages are sold under a license issued under the Business Regulation Article. An owner or a manager of an establishment or a place specified in subsection (a) of this section may not knowingly allow consumption of alcoholic beverages between the hours specified in subsection (a) of this section. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $4,000.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section and elsewhere in this article, a person may not consume alcoholic beverages at any time on any day of the week in a restaurant, tavern, hotel, club, dance studio, disco, and any other place of public entertainment. Exempt from subsection (a) of this section are: the room of a registered guest in a hotel, motel, or hospice; the property of a volunteer fire company; a fishing club established before January 1, 1970; and if it has been in existence for at least 3 years: a catering establishment; a community or civic association; a swim club; a social, civic, nonprofit, charitable, fraternal, patriotic, educational, or public service organization; and a religious institution. The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section. An owner, a manager, or an employee of an establishment or a place subject to the prohibitions of this section who knowingly allows consumption in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000.