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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-510" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Building Performance Standards">
  <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>“Hotel” means an establishment that offers sleeping accommodations for compensation. �</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Hotel” does not include a bed and breakfast establishment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Master control device” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a control that is activated when a person enters the room through the primary room–access method; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an occupancy sensor control that is activated by a person’s presence in the room.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only to the new construction of hotels.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each hotel guest room shall be equipped with a master control device that automatically turns off the power to all of the lighting fixtures in the guest room no more than 30 minutes after the room has been vacated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A master control device may also control the heating, ventilation, or air conditioning default settings in hotel guest rooms 30 minutes after a room has been vacated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>increasing the set temperature by at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit when in the air conditioning mode; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>decreasing the set temperature by at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit when in the heating mode.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall adopt the provisions of this section as a part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards.</text>
  </level>
</section>
