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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-209" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Buildings and Commercial Establishments">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Customer” means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Eligible medical condition” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis or any other inflammatory bowel disease, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A condition that requires the use of an ostomy device.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At the request of a customer during normal business hours, and where a public restroom is not readily available, each retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow the customer to use the facility if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Three or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time the customer requests use of the facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The customer suffers from an eligible condition that is documented with a signed statement by the customer’s health care provider on an identification card that has been prepared by the Maryland Department of Health in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Maryland Department of Health shall develop a standard identification card that is available on the Department’s website to be printed and signed by a health care provider as evidence of the existence of an eligible medical condition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding any provision of this section, an employee toilet facility is not to be considered a public restroom.</text>
  </level>
</section>
