Ch. 612

LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE DEPARTMENT HAS JURISDICTION OVER:

(1)  THE AREA IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING ANY SOURCE FROM
WHICH DRINKING WATER IS COLLECTED FOR DELIVERY IN CONTAINERS; AND

(2)  METHODS OF COLLECTING, BOTTLING, AND DELIVERING
DRINKING WATER IN CONTAINERS.

(B)  COLLECTING, BOTTLING, OR DELIVERING DRINKING WATER IN
CONTAINERS — PERMIT REQUIRED; APPROVAL OF DEPARTMENT.

(1)  NO DRINKING WATER MAY BE COLLECTED, BOTTLED, OR
DELIVERED IN CONTAINERS UNTIL A PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT TO THE OWNER OF THE WATER SUPPLY.

(2)  IF THE DEPARTMENT FINDS THAT THE WATER IS
INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT
UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(C)  SAME — PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMIT.

A PERSON MAY NOT COLLECT, BOTTLE, OR DELIVER IN CONTAINERS
DRINKING WATER FROM A WATER SUPPLY UNLESS THE OWNER OF THE WATER
SUPPLY HAS A PERMIT UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION.

(D)  SELLING DRINKING WATER FROM OUTSIDE THIS STATE —
PERMIT REQUIRED; QUALIFICATIONS; POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.

(1)  A PERSON WHO HANDLES DRINKING WATER TRANSPORTED
IN . CONTAINERS FROM OUTSIDE THIS STATE SHALL HAVE A PERMIT FROM
THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE PERSON SELLS THE DRINKING WATER IN THIS
STATE.

(2)  TO QUALIFY FOR A PERMIT UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, A PERSON SHALL PRESENT TO THE DEPARTMENT A
PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
IN WHICH THE WATER WAS COLLECTED AND THAT SHOWS THAT:

(I)  THE WATER SUPPLY AND THE METHOD OF HANDLING
THE WATER, AS PRACTICED IN THE OTHER STATE, IS NOT PREJUDICIAL TO
PUBLIC HEALTH; AND

(II)  THE WATER CAN BE SOLD LAWFULLY IN THE
OTHER STATE.

(3)  THIS SUBSECTION SECTION DOES NOT PREVENT THE
DEPARTMENT FROM PROHIBITING THE USE OF WATER SHIPPED FROM OUTSIDE
THIS STATE IF:

(I) IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE
WATER IS SHOWN BY ANALYSIS TO BE UNFIT FOR DRINKING; OR

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