2013 Maryland Code
STATE GOVERNMENT
§ 20-306 - Closed-captioning activation

§20-306.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Closed captioning” means a transcript or dialog of the audio portion of a television program that is displayed on a television receiver screen when the user activates the feature.

(3) “Closed-captioning television receiver” means a receiver of television programming that has the ability to display closed captioning, including a television, digital set top box, and any other technology capable of displaying closed captioning.

(4) “Public area” means a part of a place of public accommodation that is open to the general public.

(5) “Regular hours” means the hours of any day in which a place of public accommodation is open to members of the general public.

(b) On request, a place of public accommodation may not fail to keep closed captioning activated on any closed-captioning television receiver that is in use during regular hours in any public area.

(c) This section does not require a place of public accommodation to make closed captioning available in a public area of the place of public accommodation if:

(1) no television receiver of any kind is available in the public area; or

(2) the only public television receiver available in the public area is not a closed-captioning television receiver.