Maryland State Government Section 10-124

      (a)      In this section, "business" means a trade, professional activity, or other business that is conducted for profit.

      (b)      (1)      Before a unit adopts a proposed regulation, the unit shall evaluate whether the proposed regulation has any impact on businesses.

            (2)      To evaluate the impact, the unit shall:

                  (i)      on the basis of the sizes of the businesses that the proposed regulation might affect, divide those businesses into any classes that the unit considers appropriate for the proposed regulation; and

                  (ii)      particularly consider:

                        1.      the costs that the proposed regulation would impose on each class; and

                        2.      the difficulty of compliance for each class.

      (c)      On the basis of the evaluation, the unit may adopt 1 or more regulations that apply differently to classes of businesses.