2010 Maryland Code
BUSINESS REGULATION
TITLE 12.5 - LOCKSMITHS
Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 5-101 - Definitions.

§ 12.5-101. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Business.- "Business" means a commercial entity that provides locksmith services. 

(c)  Employee.- "Employee" means an individual employed by a licensed locksmith to provide locksmith services on behalf of the licensed locksmith. 

(d)  Fixed business address.- "Fixed business address" means a single physical location where a licensee conducts business and at which the licensee or an employee of the licensee is available: 

(1) during normal business hours; or 

(2) other hours as provided in the application for the license. 

(e)  License.- "License" means a license issued by the Secretary to provide locksmith services. 

(f)  Licensed locksmith.- "Licensed locksmith" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a business that is licensed by the Secretary to provide locksmith services. 

(g)  Local law enforcement unit.- "Local law enforcement unit" means the Department of State Police, a police department in the State, or sheriff in the State: 

(1) designated by the county or municipal governing body for a licensee with an in-State fixed business address; or 

(2) designated by the Secretary for a licensee with an out-of-state fixed business address. 

(h)  Provide locksmith services.- "Provide locksmith services" means to engage professionally and for compensation in: 

(1) repairing, rebuilding, rekeying, repinning, recombinating, adjusting, or installing mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical locking devices, safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes; or 

(2) operating a mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical locking device or opening safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes by a means other than that intended by the manufacturer of such locking devices. 
 

[2009, chs. 551, 552; 2010, chs. 81, 82.]