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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-104" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Every person riding an animal or driving an animal–drawn vehicle on a roadway has all the rights granted to and is subject to all the duties required of the driver of a vehicle by this title, except for those provisions of this title that by their very nature cannot apply.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except in Charles, Worcester, and St. Mary’s counties, or as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not ride an animal or drive an animal–drawn vehicle on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any divided highway where the posted maximum speed limit is more than 35 miles per hour; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any controlled access highway.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In Anne Arundel County, a person may ride an animal on any part of a highway described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, other than on its roadway or shoulder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “horse” includes donkeys, mules, and ponies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, this subsection applies only to horse riding on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A highway;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A public horse–riding path or trail; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The grounds of a facility:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Whose primary purpose is equestrian activities; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>That solicits or offers to the public recreational, educational, therapeutic, or competitive equestrian activities.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>This subsection does not apply to a minor who is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Crossing a public highway that separates privately owned land;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Engaged in an agricultural practice or pursuit;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A member of an Amish or a Mennonite community; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Receiving therapy services from a licensed medical provider and for whom the use of an alternative helmet is necessary, appropriate, and in compliance with the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International’s Guidelines for Alternative Helmet Use.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An adult who is present and directly supervising a minor may not allow the minor to ride a horse unless the minor is wearing a properly secured helmet that meets or exceeds the standards of the American Society of Testing and Materials for protective headgear used in equestrian riding.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A violation of this subsection involving an adult supervising multiple minors at the same time shall be treated as a single violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
