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<chapter num="15" heading="Under 21 Alcohol Restriction" title_num="11" subtitle_num="17">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In these regulations, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Administration” means the Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“License” means a license to drive as defined in Transportation Article, §11-128, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Application.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A licensee under 21 years old may not drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.02 or more as determined by an analysis of the licensee's blood or breath.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The prohibition of §A applies to all licensees under 21 years old regardless of whether the restriction has been noted on the licensee's license or driving record.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Notation on Licenses.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Licenses issued after July 1, 1989, by the Administration to licensees under 21 years old shall contain the notation “Under 21 Alcohol Restricted”.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Pursuant to Chapter 438, §2, 1989 Laws of Maryland, the Administration is not required to recall or reissue the driver's licenses of licensees under 21 years old for the purpose of noting on the license “Under 21 Alcohol Restricted”, until the regular expiration of the person's current driver's license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Expiration.">
    <text>The under 21 alcohol restriction imposed in Regulation .02A expires when the licensee becomes 21 years old, regardless of any notations applied on the license under Regulation .03.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 16-113(b), (c), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: July 23, 1990 (17:14 Md. R. 1759)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>