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Ch. 26
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Defined terms: "Deliver" § 5-101
"Minor" § 1-101
"Person" § 1-101
"Possess" § 5-101
5-710. USE OF STEROID OR HORMONE — WARNING.
(A) HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE DEFINED.
IN THIS SECTION, "HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE" MEANS:
(1) SOMATREM, SOMATROPIN, AND ANY OF THEIR ANALOGUES; OR
(2) A SUBSTANCE LABELED AS BEING OR CONTAINING SOMATREM OR
SOMATROPIN AND ANY ANALOGUE OF SOMATREM OR SOMATROPIN.
(B) SCOPE OF SECTION.
THIS SECTION APPLIES TO AN ATHLETIC FACILITY, COMMERCIAL HEALTH
CLUB, PUBLIC RECREATION CENTER, WEIGHT TRAINING GYM, SCHOOL GYMNASIUM,
OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT OPERATED PRIMARILY FOR THE EXERCISE, PHYSICAL
FITNESS, ATHLETIC TRAINING, OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
USE THE FACILITY.
(C) WARNING NOTICE IN LOCKER ROOMS.
THE OPERATOR OF A FACILITY SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION SHALL OBTAIN AND
AFFIX AT LEAST ONE WARNING NOTICE IN EACH LOCKER ROOM MAINTAINED IN THE
FACILITY.
(D) LETTERING AND CONTENT REQUIREMENTS.
(1) THE LETTERING IN EACH WARNING NOTICE SHALL BE AT LEAST 1
INCH HIGH AND SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY PLACED FOR MAXIMUM POSSIBLE
VISIBILITY.
(2) THE WARNING NOTICE SHALL READ:
WARNING
THE NONPRESCRIPTION USE, POSSESSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANABOLIC
STEROIDS OR HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
ON CONVICTION, VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT OR A FINE OR BOTH.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 27, § 304.
The Criminal Law Article Review Committee notes, for the consideration
of the General Assembly, that although anabolic steroids are listed in
Schedule III (§ 5-404(b) of this title), and are subject to the penalties of
this title, the only explicit reference in the Annotated Code of Maryland to
"human growth hormones" (somatrem or somatropin or analogues) as
prohibited substances is in this section, which requires a notice of
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