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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-805" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Criminal Procedure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “controlled premises” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a place where a registrant or person exempted from registration requirements under this title is required to keep records; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a place, including a factory, warehouse, establishment, or conveyance, where a registrant or person exempted from registration requirements under this title may possess, manufacture, compound, process, sell, deliver, or dispose of a controlled dangerous substance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may make administrative inspections of controlled premises in accordance with this section and designate those who may seize property under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An officer or employee designated by the Department may enter controlled premises to conduct an administrative inspection:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>when authorized by an administrative inspection warrant issued under § 5-804 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on presenting the warrant and appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>When authorized by an administrative inspection warrant, an officer or employee designated by the Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>inspect and copy records that must be kept under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>controlled premises and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers, and labeling in the controlled premises;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, all other things in the controlled premises, including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities, bearing on violation of this title; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>inventory stock and obtain samples of a controlled dangerous substance in the controlled premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Without a warrant, the Department may inspect books and records in accordance with this title and enter and conduct administrative inspections, including seizures of property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>with the consent of the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in a situation that presents imminent danger to health or safety;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>in a situation that involves inspection of a conveyance where there is reasonable cause to believe that the mobility of the conveyance makes it impracticable to obtain a warrant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>in any other exceptional or emergency situation in which time or opportunity to apply for a warrant is lacking; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>in all other situations where a warrant is not legally required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Unless the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled premises consents in writing, an inspection authorized under this section may not extend to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>financial data;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>sales data other than shipment data; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pricing data.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
