# Business Occupations and Professions (GBO)

## Title 11. Pilots

### Subtitle 7. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

#### Section 11-703

After receiving notice, a licensed pilot may not refuse to aid a vessel that is in distress:

(1) within 18 nautical miles south of Cape Henry;

(2) within 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry;

(3) in the Chesapeake Bay; or

(4) in ports of Maryland.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)