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<subtitle article="gcr" title_number="10" subtitle_number="2" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-201" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>“Public conveyance” means a conveyance to which the public or a portion of the public has access to and a right to use for transportation.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>“Public conveyance” includes an airplane, vessel, bus, railway car, school vehicle, and subway car.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <level label="i">
          <text>“Public place” means a place to which the public or a portion of the public has access and a right to resort for business, dwelling, entertainment, or other lawful purpose.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>“Public place” includes:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>a restaurant, shop, shopping center, store, tavern, or other place of business;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>a public building;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>a public parking lot;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="4">
            <text>a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="5">
            <text>a public park or other public grounds;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="6">
            <text>the common areas of a building containing four or more separate dwelling units, including a corridor, elevator, lobby, and stairwell;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="7">
            <text>a hotel or motel;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="8">
            <text>a place used for public resort or amusement, including an amusement park, golf course, race track, sports arena, swimming pool, and theater;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="9">
            <text>an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="10">
            <text>a place of public worship;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="11">
            <text>a place or building used for entering or exiting a public conveyance, including an airport terminal, bus station, dock, railway station, subway station, and wharf; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="12">
            <text>the parking areas, sidewalks, and other grounds and structures that are part of a public place.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>For purposes of a prosecution under this section, a public conveyance or a public place need not be devoted solely to public use.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A person may not willfully and without lawful purpose obstruct or hinder the free passage of another in a public place or on a public conveyance.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A person may not willfully act in a disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>A person may not willfully fail to obey a reasonable and lawful order that a law enforcement officer makes to prevent a disturbance to the public peace.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>A person who enters the land or premises of another, whether an owner or lessee, or a beach adjacent to residential riparian property, may not willfully:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>disturb the peace of persons on the land, premises, or beach by making an unreasonably loud noise; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>act in a disorderly manner.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>A person from any location may not, by making an unreasonably loud noise, willfully disturb the peace of another:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>on the other’s land or premises;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>in a public place; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>on a public conveyance.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>In Worcester County, a person may not build a bonfire or allow a bonfire to burn on a beach or other property between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-202" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <text>A person who keeps a disorderly house is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not less than 10 days and not exceeding 6 months or a fine not less than $50 and not exceeding $300 or both.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-203" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>“Commercial athletic contest” means an athletic or sporting event held in a public arena, field, hall, or stadium for admission to which the general public must pay an admission charge.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>“Object” means an item that may cause injury to a participant in or observer of the commercial athletic contest.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person may not disrupt or interfere with a commercial athletic contest by throwing or projecting an object on the playing field or seating area.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $250 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-204" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>“Medical facility” means:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article; or</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>a health care facility as defined in § 19–114 of the Health – General Article.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>“Medical facility” includes an agency, clinic, or office operated under the direction of the local health officer or under the regulatory authority of the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the chief executive officer of the medical facility;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a designee of the chief executive officer of the medical facility;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>an agent of the medical facility; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>a law enforcement officer.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>This section does not prohibit:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>speech; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>picketing in connection with a labor dispute as defined in § 4–301 of the Labor and Employment Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person may not intentionally act, alone or with others, to prevent another from entering or exiting a medical facility by physically:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>detaining the other; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>obstructing, impeding, or hindering the other’s passage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-204.1" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person may not use force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with or physically injure another while the other is lawfully exercising or attempting to lawfully exercise the right of religious freedom under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution at a place of religious worship.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-205" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Related Crimes">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>This subsection does not apply to a person who conducts a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A person may not knowingly obstruct, hinder, impede, or block another person’s entry to or exit from a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person may not address speech to a person attending a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is likely to incite or produce an imminent breach of the peace.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person may not engage in picketing activity within 500 feet of a funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession that is targeted at one or more persons attending the funeral, burial, memorial service, or funeral procession.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>