In this chapter, the following documents are incorporated by reference:

1. A. National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish 2023 Revision (US Food and Drug Administration), Section I. Purpose & Definitions and Section II. Model Ordinance except for Chapter IV, Shellstock Growing Areas; and
2. B. American Public Health Association, Recommended Procedures for the Examination of Sea Water and Shellfish, 4th Edition, 1970.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§18-102, 21-211, 21-234, 21-235, 21-304, 21-305, 21-321, and 21-346—21-350, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 1, 1967

Amended effective December 1, 1970

Regulations .01—.12 amended effective May 26, 1976 (3:11 Md. R. 592)

Regulations .02—.06 amended as an emergency provision effective August 20, 1985 (12:19 Md. R. 1843); emergency status expired December 18, 1985

Regulations .02—.06 amended effective March 10, 1986 (13:5 Md. R. 543)

Regulation .03C amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 1978 (5:12 Md. R. 964); adopted permanently effective September 22, 1978 (5:19 Md. R. 1445)

Regulations .01—.12 repealed and new regulations .01—.06 adopted effective November 6, 2006 (33:22 Md. R. 1733)

Regulation .01A amended effective November 17, 2008 (35:23 Md. R. 2013); October 16, 2009 (36:20 Md. R. 1528); November 14, 2011 (38:23 Md. R. 1421); January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2164); October 12, 2015 (42:20 Md. R. 1265); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1445); August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726); July 24, 2023 (50:14 Md. R. 593); February 2, 2026 (53:2 Md. R. 61)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2011 (38:15 Md. R. 898); amended permanently effective August 22, 2011 (38:17 Md. R. 1012)

Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1072); amended permanently effective September 30, 2013 (40:19 Md. R. 1547)

Regulation .04 amended effective November 17, 2008 (35:23 Md. R. 2013)

Regulation .04D amended effective October 16, 2009 (36:20 Md. R. 1528)

Regulation .04E amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2011 (38:15 Md. R. 898); amended permanently effective August 22, 2011 (38:17 Md. R. 1012)

Regulation .06 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2011 (38:15 Md. R. 898); adopted permanently effective August 22, 2011 (38:17 Md. R. 1012)

Regulation .06B amended as an emergency provision effective June 1, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1072); amended permanently effective September 30, 2013 (40:19 Md. R. 1547)