# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 17. Miscellaneous State Business Licenses

### Subtitle 18. Traders

#### Section 17-1804

(a) An applicant for a trader's license shall state in the application the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.

(b)

  (1) An applicant for a trader's license may apply under this subsection if the applicant has a defect in vision such that:

    (i) visual acuity in the applicant's better eye does not exceed 20/140 with correcting lenses; or

    (ii) the widest diameter of the applicant's visual field subtends an angle not exceeding 20 degrees.

  (2) An applicant for a trader's license under this subsection shall submit to the clerk:

    (i) a signed certificate, from a licensed physician who specializes in treatment of the eye, that the applicant's vision meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

    (ii) an affidavit that the applicant is the owner of the place of business listed in the application.

  (3) Blind Industries also may apply for a trader's license under this subsection for a business that it operates, if Blind Industries submits to the clerk an affidavit that:

    (i) Blind Industries operates the business listed in the application; and

    (ii) the manager of the business has vision that meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

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