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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-505" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Conduct of Local License Holders">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “alcohol awareness program” means a program that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>includes instruction on how alcohol affects an individual’s behavior and body;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides education on the dangers of drinking and driving; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>defines effective methods to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>determine whether a customer is under the legal drinking age;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve customers to minimize the chance of intoxication; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>stop service before a customer becomes intoxicated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on–premises consumption;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an unlicensed establishment in a jurisdiction that requires a worker, a supervisor, or an owner of an unlicensed establishment to receive alcohol awareness training.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a temporary license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class E (on–sale) water vessel license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a Class F (on–sale) railroad license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a Class G (on–sale) airplane license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Executive Director:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall approve, certify, and issue an alcohol awareness program permit to each alcohol awareness program that complies with this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may require recertification of the approved alcohol awareness program to ensure compliance with changes in the program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Before an individual may teach an alcohol awareness program, the individual shall obtain an alcohol awareness instructor’s permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A holder of any retail alcoholic beverages license or an employee designated by the holder shall complete training in an approved alcohol awareness program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For each completion of a certified alcohol awareness program, the alcohol awareness program provider shall issue a certificate of completion that is valid for 4 years from the date of issuance.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The holder or employee shall complete retraining in an approved alcohol awareness program for each successive 4–year period.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>On request, a valid certificate shall be presented to the proper authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 5 days after a license holder, an owner of an unlicensed establishment, or an employee of a license holder or owner of an unlicensed establishment is sent a certificate of completion, the alcohol awareness program provider shall inform the appropriate local licensing board of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the individual’s name, address, and certification date; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of the licensed establishment or unlicensed establishment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Executive Director may decertify the alcohol awareness program of an alcohol awareness program provider who violates subsection (c), (d), or (f) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local licensing board shall enforce this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder who violates subsection (e) of this section is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for the first offense, a $100 fine; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for each subsequent offense, a fine not to exceed $500 or a suspension or revocation of the license or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not create or enlarge a civil cause of action or criminal proceeding against a license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Evidence of a violation of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may only be used as evidence before the local licensing board in an action brought before the local licensing board for a violation of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be introduced in a civil or criminal proceeding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
