Maryland Labor and Employment Section 5-601

      (a)      The General Assembly finds that:

            (1)      exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogenic agent, creates a significant hazard to the health of the people of the State;

            (2)      asbestos protective clothing that is used improperly or that is not maintained properly exposes a worker to this hazard;

            (3)      protective materials have been developed as substitutes for asbestos; and

            (4)      it is in the public interest to protect workers from this hazard by eliminating the use of asbestos protective clothing.

      (b)      (1)      A person may not sell in the State any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing.

            (2)      An employer may not:

                  (i)      buy, for use by an employee, any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing;

                  (ii)      ask or require an employee to use any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing; or

                  (iii)      keep or otherwise possess any item of new or used asbestos protective clothing at a place of employment.