# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions

### Subtitle 2. Employment of Minors

#### Section 3-216

(a) A person may not:

  (1) interfere with or hinder the performance of any duty of the Commissioner under this subtitle; or

  (2) knowingly give false information to the Commissioner.

(b) A person may not knowingly:

  (1) employ a minor in violation of a provision of this subtitle; or

  (2) allow a minor to be employed in violation of a provision of this subtitle.

(c)

  (1) A person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both.

  (2) A person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)