WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

(1)  For purposes of this section only, "controlled
premises" means:

(a)  Places where persons registered or exempted
from registration requirements under this subheading are required
to keep records; and

(b)  Places including factories, warehouses,
establishments, and conveyances where persons registered or
exempted from registration requirements under this subheading are
permitted to hold, manufacture, compound, process, sell, deliver,
or otherwise dispose of any controlled dangerous substance.

(2)  When so authorized by an administrative
inspection warrant issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section an officer or employee designated by the Department, upon
presenting the warrant and appropriate credentials to the owner,
operator, or agent in charge, shall have the right to enter
controlled premises for the purpose of conducting an
administrative inspection.

(3)  When so authorized by an administrative
inspection warrant, an officer or employee designated by the
Department shall have the [right -—] RIGHT:

(a)  To inspect and copy records required by
this subheading to be kept;

(b)  To inspect, within reasonable limits and in
a reasonable manner, controlled premises and all pertinent
equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and
labelling found therein, and, except as provided in subsection
(b)(5) of this section, all other things therein (including
records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities)
bearing on violation of this subheading; and

(c)  To inventory any stock of any controlled
dangerous substance therein and obtain samples of any such
substance.

(4)  The Department and its agents shall have
authority to inspect without a warrant books and records pursuant
to this subheading and to enter and conduct administrative
inspections (including seizures of property) without a warrant:

(a)  With the consent of the owner, operator, or
agent in charge of the controlled premises;

(b)  In situations presenting imminent danger to
health or safety;

(c)  In situations involving inspection of
conveyances where there is reasonable cause to believe that the

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