This chapter applies to entities regulated by the Office of Food Protection and the Office of Healthy Homes and Communities.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§2-104, 14-403, 14-403.1, 14-407(B)(4), 21-301, 21-308, 21-309, 21-309.1, 21-403, 21-412, 21-808, and
21-812, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01 and .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective November 1, 2004 (31:23 Md. R. 1649); adopted permanently effective February 14, 2005 (32:3 Md. R. 290)

Regulation .01 amended effective April 13, 2015 (42:7 Md. R. 567)

Regulation .02 amended effective January 26, 2009 (36:2 Md. R. 100)

Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective January 3, 2014 (41:2 Md. R. 88); amended permanently effective May 12, 2014 (41:9 Md. R. 521)

Regulation .02 amended effective April 13, 2015 (42:7 Md. R. 567); August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective April 5, 2011 (38:10 Md. R. 612)

Regulation .02B amended effective June 27, 2011 (38:13 Md. R. 755)

Regulation .02C amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1273); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1560)

Regulation .02C amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2010 (37:23 Md. R. 1607); amended permanently effective January 24, 2011 (38:2 Md. R. 83)

Regulation .02C amended effective September 17, 2012 (39:18 Md. R. 1196); December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1542)

Regulation .02E, F adopted effective September 17, 2012 (39:18 Md. R. 1196)

Regulation .02H adopted as an emergency provision effective January 6, 2025 (52:2 Md. R. 65); amended permanently effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 321)