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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="9-101" title_number="9" title_name="Employment Agencies" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Client” means an individual who seeks employment through an employment agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Employment agency” means a person who, for a fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an employee for a person who seeks an employee; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>employment for a client;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provides to a client information to enable the client to obtain employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain employment or an engagement in connection with an entertainment, exhibition, or performance, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a ballet;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a circus;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a concert;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the legitimate theater;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>modeling;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>a motion picture;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>an opera;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>a phonograph recording;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>the radio;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>a transcription;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="11">
          <text>television;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="12">
          <text>the variety field; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="13">
          <text>vaudeville; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <level label="1">
          <text>obtains, offers to obtain, or attempts to obtain an alien labor certification or immigrant visa for an individual; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>participates directly or indirectly in the recruitment or supply of an individual who resides outside of the continental United States for employment in the continental United States.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Employment agency” does not include a person who merely:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>conducts a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary services to another person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>as a lawyer, directly obtains an immigrant visa for an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>conducts a business that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>receives a fee that is paid wholly by an employer;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>does not collect money from an individual seeking employment; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>does not require an individual seeking employment to make a contract; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>operates a nursing referral service agency that is licensed under Title 19, Subtitle 4B of the Health – General Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
