Ch. 5

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Error: Omitted conjunction in Article 27, § 300(i).

Occurred: Ch. 403, Acts of 1970.

326.

No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling house, and
no part of any tenement or dwelling house, shall be used for the
purpose of manufacturing, in whole or in part, altering,
repairing or finishing therein, any articles whatsoever, except
for the exclusive use of the person so using any part of such
tenement or dwelling house, or the immediate members of his
household, without a license therefor as provided in this
section.

Application for such license shall be made to the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry by any member of a family
desiring to do such work in any room or apartment of a tenement
or dwelling house. Such application shall designate the location
of the room or apartment, the number of persons to be employed
therein, the street and number of and the full name and address
of the owner of the building in which the room or apartment is
located, and shall be signed by the applicant. Application
blanks shall be prepared and furnished by the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry in such form as the Commissioner may
determine.

Upon receipt of such application the Commissioner of Labor
and Industry shall consult the records of the local health
department or board or other appropriate local authority charged
with the duty of sanitary inspection, and if such records show
the presence of any infectious, contagious or communicable
disease, or the existence of any unsanitary conditions in or
about such room or apartment, the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry may, without making an inspection of the premises, deny
such application for a license until such time as the records of
the said department, board or other local authority show that the
said premises are free from all such infectious, contagious or
communicable disease and from all unsanitary conditions. Before,
however, any such license is granted, an inspection of the room
or apartment sought to be licensed must be made by the duly
authorized inspector of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
and a statement must be filed in his office as a matter of public
record to the effect that the records of the local health
department or board or other local authority charged with the
duty of sanitary inspection do not show the existence of any
infectious, contagious or communicable disease or of any
unsanitary conditions in or about said room or apartment. Such
statement must further show the results of the inspection of such
premises and must be dated and signed in ink by the inspector
responsible therefor. If the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
ascertains that such room or apartment is free from infectious,
contagious or communicable disease and is in proper sanitary

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