BLAIR LEI III, Acting Governor                         1883

RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, COMMONLY KNOWN   AS A SHOPPING     CENTER,

TO WHICH THE__GENERAL PUBLIC IS INVITED FOR BUSINESS

PURPOSES, UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE OWNER OF THE

ESTABLISHMENT;

(2) ON AN ADJACENT PARKING AREA OR OTHER

OUTSIDE AREA OF ANY__OTHER RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, UNLESS

AUTHORIZED BY THE OWNER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT;

(3) IN ANY PARKED VEHICLE LOCATED ON ANY OF THE
PLACES ENUMERATED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS AUTHORIZED.

215.

ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBHEADING IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION IS
SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.

216.

THIS SUBHEADING APPLIES ONLY IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY;

(1) CHARLES COUNTY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of Sections 210 through 213 of Article 2B,
subtitle subheading "Drinking in Certain Places", apply
Statewide, except for Cecil, Charles, Kent, and Queen Anne's
Counties.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 604

(House Bill 536)

AN ACT concerning

Safeguarding of Patient Accounts in All
Facilities

FOR the purpose of requiring hospitals and related
institutions to maintain certain safeguards,
procedures, and accounts for any patient money or
valuables entrusted to the facility; defining certain
terms; establishing certain procedures for the receipt,
handling, maintenance, disbursement, and return of
money or valuables; requiring the transfer of certain
accounts maintained by the facility to escrow accounts
administered by the Comptroller of the Treasury,