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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16.7-202" title_number="16.7" title_name="Electronic Smoking Devices Licenses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Electronic Smoking Devices Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a license to act as an electronic smoking devices manufacturer, electronic smoking devices wholesaler distributor, or electronic smoking devices wholesaler importer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>obtain an appropriate county license by submitting an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>indicate the licenses for which the applicant is applying; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, pay to the Executive Director a fee of $25 for each license for which the applicant applies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant for a license to act as an electronic smoking devices wholesaler distributor or electronic smoking devices wholesaler importer shall pay to the Executive Director a fee of $150.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An applicant for a license to act as an electronic smoking devices retailer or vape shop vendor may not be required to pay an additional licensure fee if the applicant holds a license issued under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§ 16–205(b) of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 16.5–204(b) of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a license to act as an electronic smoking devices retailer or a vape shop vendor:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall obtain a county license by submitting to the clerk an application for each permanent or temporary place of business located in the same enclosure and operated by the same applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall pay to the clerk a fee of $300.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be made on the form that the clerk requires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contain the information that the Executive Director requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>From each license fee collected under this subsection, the clerk shall distribute:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>$25 to the Executive Director; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>$275 to the Maryland Department of Health to be used by the Department or its designee to enforce existing laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in § 16.7–101 of this title, to individuals under the age of 21 years.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Funds distributed under this subsection may not be used to supplant existing funding for the enforcement of laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices to individuals under the age of 21 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In Baltimore City, in addition to the requirements under paragraph (1) of this subsection, an applicant for an initial or renewal county license shall provide to the clerk a licensure authorization issued under § 16.7–201.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a person has had a license revoked under § 16.7–207 of this subtitle, the person may not reapply for a license within 1 year after the date when the prior license was revoked.</text>
  </level>
</section>
