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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="21-309.1" title_number="21" title_name="Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Food Establishments">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall establish a producer mobile farmer’s market license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee for a producer mobile farmer’s market license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be based on the anticipated cost of licensing, inspecting, and regulating licensees; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not exceed $100.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A producer mobile farmer’s market license shall be valid for a period of 1 year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A producer mobile farmer’s market licensee may transport to and sell at a farmer’s market or at a public festival or event:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Products that were produced by the licensee under an on–farm home processing plant license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Products produced by the licensee, as authorized by the Department in regulation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Farm products that have been inspected, licensed, or certified for food safety by the Maryland Department of Agriculture.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A producer mobile farmer’s market license is valid in all jurisdictions in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county or municipality may not require a producer mobile farmer’s market licensee to obtain a separate permit or license to sell products authorized for sale under the producer mobile farmer’s market license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue producer mobile farmer’s market licenses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least once a year, inspect each mobile unit that operates under a producer mobile farmer’s market license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A producer mobile farmer’s market license shall be displayed on any mobile unit operating under the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county health department shall enforce and levy fines for a violation of this section or any regulations adopted under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Fines assessed by a county health department shall be paid to the county in which the violation occurred.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A county health department shall notify the Department of any violations occurring in the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
