Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. § 24-501
Definitions
Effective Jul 1, 2024Added by Acts 2007, c. 501, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, c. 502, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 228, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2022, c. 26, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6; Acts 2024, c. 754, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 755, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.State of Maryland
- (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
- (b) “Cannabis” has the meaning stated in § 1-101 of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article.
- (c) “Electronic smoking device” has the meaning stated in § 16.7-101 of the Business Regulation Article.
- (d) “Employee” has the meaning stated in § 5-101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
- (e) “Employer” has the meaning stated in § 5-101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
(f) “Environmental smoke” means:
- (1) The complex mixture formed from the escaping smoke of a burning tobacco, cannabis, or hemp product or smoke exhaled by the smoker; or
- (2) The complex mixture formed from the escaping aerosol of an electronic smoking device or exhaled as electronic smoking device aerosol.
- (g) “Hemp” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of the Agriculture Article.
(h) “Indoor area open to the public” means:
- (1) An indoor area or a portion of an indoor area accessible to the public by either invitation or permission; or
- (2) An indoor area of any establishment licensed or permitted under the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article for the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages.
- (i) “Place of employment” has the meaning stated in § 5-101 of the Labor and Employment Article.
- (j) “Smoking” means the burning of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other matter or substance containing, wholly or in part, tobacco, cannabis, or hemp.
- (k) “Tobacco product” has the meaning stated in § 13-1001 of this article.
(l) “Vaping” means the use of:
- (1) An electronic smoking device; or
- (2) Any device through which the user inhales aerosol containing tobacco, cannabis, or hemp.
Added by Acts 2007, c. 501, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, c. 502, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 228, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2022, c. 26, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6; Acts 2024, c. 754, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 755, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.