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MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 2 - Nuisance Abatement|Section 10-201 - Investigation and Notice by Health Officers

    (a)    The health officer for each county:        (1)    May investigate any condition in the county that is dangerous to human health; and        (2)    Shall investigate and report on the sanitary conditions of schools, places of business, and places of employment in the county.    (b)    Except in Baltimore County, on the written complaint of a physician or of at least 2 persons who claim to be affected by the condition, the health officer for the county where the condition allegedly exists immediately shall investigate any complaint that any of the following is in a condition dangerous to human health:        (1)    Any watercourse, well, spring, open ditch, gutter, cesspool, drain, outhouse, pigpen, or other place.        (2)    Any accumulation or deposit of any substance.    (c)    If the health officer finds that the condition of the place or thing investigated may injure the life or health of any person, the place or thing is in a state of nuisance and the health officer shall serve a written notice to the person who is causing the nuisance, ordering the person to abate the nuisance within a time specified in the notice.    (d)    A person may not refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of a notice served under this section.    (e)    If a question arises between health officers as to the jurisdiction or duties of a health officer in the abatement of any unhealthy nuisance, the question shall be referred to the Secretary, who shall settle the question.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 2 - Nuisance Abatement|Section 10-202 - Investigation and Notice by Secretary

    (a)    On the written complaint of 2 physicians or of at least 3 persons who claim to be affected by the condition, the Secretary shall investigate any complaint that any of the following is in a condition that injures any adjacent property or that is dangerous to human health:        (1)    Any watercourse, well, spring, open ditch, gutter, cesspool, drain, outhouse, pigpen, or other place.        (2)    Any accumulation or deposit of offensive or noxious matter.        (3)    Any house, building, trades establishment, or manufacturing place.        (4)    Any water in which mosquito larvae breed.    (b)    (1)    If the Secretary finds that the condition of the place or thing investigated may injure any adjacent property or may injure the life or health of any individual, the place or thing is in a state of nuisance and the Secretary shall serve a written notice to the person who is causing the nuisance, ordering the person to abate the nuisance within a time specified in the notice.        (2)    The notice shall be served:            (i)    On the person who is causing the nuisance; or            (ii)    If the person who is causing the nuisance cannot be found, on the owner or occupant of the property where the nuisance exists.    (c)    (1)    The Secretary may file a complaint in the circuit court for the county where the nuisance exists if:            (i)    The person served with the notice fails to comply with the requirements of the notice; or            (ii)    Although the person served complies with the requirements of the notice, the nuisance is likely to recur on the same property.        (2)    A complaint filed under this subsection may seek a court order requiring the person served with the notice to do any or all of the following:            (i)    To comply with the requirements of the Secretary’s abatement notice.            (ii)    To abate the nuisance within a time specified in the order.            (iii)    To prevent the nuisance from recurring.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 2 - Nuisance Abatement|Section 10-203 - Summary Abatement

    (a)    (1)    If, after investigation, the Secretary finds that any of the following conditions exists, the place or thing as to which the condition exists is in a state of nuisance:            (i)    The contents overflow or leak from an outhouse, a water closet, a septic tank, or a cesspool and present a hazard to public health.            (ii)    An outhouse, a water closet, or a cesspool is not flytight and watertight and presents a hazard to public health.        (2)    The Secretary summarily may abate any condition that is in a state of nuisance under this subsection.    (b)    Before summarily abating a nuisance under this section, the Secretary shall:        (1)    Serve an abatement order on the owner of the property where the nuisance exists or, if the owner cannot be found, on the occupant or tenant of the property; or        (2)    If the property is unoccupied and the owner cannot be found, attach an abatement order to the property where the nuisance exists.    (c)    (1)    The abatement order shall require and state:            (i)    A time period within which the owner, occupant, or tenant of the property where the nuisance exists shall abate the nuisance; and            (ii)    The work and materials necessary to abate the nuisance.        (2)    The time period within which to abate the nuisance may not be less than 24 hours nor more than 5 days from the date and hour that the order is served.    (d)    (1)    If the owner, occupant, or tenant served with an abatement order fails to abate or only partially abates the nuisance within the time specified in the order, the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary shall:            (i)    Enter on the property; and            (ii)    At the expense of the owner, occupant, or tenant of the property, do any work and use any materials necessary to abate the nuisance.        (2)    The Secretary may not expend more than $500 to abate the nuisance.    (e)    If, within 60 days after the Secretary has completed an abatement under this section, the owner, occupant, or tenant does not pay to the Secretary the cost of the abatement, the Secretary shall file suit against the owner, occupant, or tenant in the district court for the county where the nuisance was abated.    (f)    A person may not:        (1)    Interfere with the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary summarily abating a nuisance under this section; or        (2)    Refuse to allow the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary to enter on any property for the purpose of summarily abating a nuisance under this section.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 3 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 10-301 - Failure to Obey Abatement Notice From Health Officer

    A person who refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of a notice served under § 10-201 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 3 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 10-302 - Failure to Obey Judicial Abatement Order

    (a)    A person who fails to exercise due diligence under a court order to abate a condition under § 10-202 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    A fine not exceeding $10 for each day the condition is not abated; and        (2)    The cost of prosecution.    (b)    A person who knowingly or willfully acts contrary to a court order to abate a condition under § 10-202 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    A fine not exceeding $20 for each day the violation continues; and        (2)    The cost of prosecution.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 3 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 10-303 - Interference With Summary Abatement

    In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both, if the person:         (1)    Interferes with the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary summarily abating a nuisance under § 10-203 of this title; or        (2)    Refuses to allow the Secretary or a representative of the Secretary to enter on any property for the purpose of summarily abating a nuisance under § 10-203 of this title.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 3 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 10-304 - Violation of Rules and Regulations

    A person who violates any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under Subtitle 1 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine for each offense not exceeding the lesser of the penalty provided by the rule or regulation or $100.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  10-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 10 - Nuisance Control|Subtitle 3 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 10-305 - Nuisances in Cecil County or Allegany County

    (a)    In this section, “nuisance” includes:        (1)    Any condition that is dangerous to health or safety, such as an inadequately protected swimming pool or ditch;        (2)    Any condition that may adversely affect the public health, such as an unsanitary outhouse, a foul pigpen, an improperly functioning sewage system, an unkempt junkyard, an unkempt scrap metal processing facility, an excessive accumulation of trash or garbage, dead animals, a contaminated water supply, an inadequately protected water supply, or a rat harborage;        (3)    Housekeeping in any building that is so poor that the health of the owner, occupants, employees, or neighbors may be endangered; and        (4)    Any condition that may endanger health through the spreading of the condition by any means, including by streams, surface drainage, air currents, winged life, domestic animals, or human beings.    (b)    In Cecil County or Allegany County, in addition to any other penalty imposed by this subtitle, a person who refuses or neglects to comply with a notice or order to abate a nuisance by the Secretary, or by the health officer for the county where the nuisance exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 a day for each day the violation continues.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 12-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Board” means the State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators.    (c)    (1)    “Certificate” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a certificate of certification as an operator, industrial operator, or superintendent, issued by the Board.        (2)    “Certificate” includes:            (i)    A certificate; and            (ii)    A temporary certificate, as limited by § 12–305 of this title.    (d)    “Certified industrial operator” means, unless the context requires otherwise, an industrial operator who is certified by the Board.    (e)    “Certified operator” means, unless the context requires otherwise, an operator who is certified by the Board.    (f)    “Certified superintendent” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a superintendent who is certified by the Board.    (g)    (1)    “Industrial operator” means an individual who operates the controls or maintains the logs of an industrial wastewater works.        (2)    “Industrial operator” does not include a superintendent.    (h)    “Industrial wastewater works” means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or discharge any waste substance that results from:        (1)    A manufacturing process;        (2)    A business process; or        (3)    The development of a natural resource.    (i)    (1)    “Operator” means an individual who participates in the operation of:            (i)    A waterworks, including the control of the flow, processing, and distribution of water; or            (ii)    A wastewater works, including the collection, control of flow, processing, and discharge of wastewater and effluent.        (2)    “Operator” does not include a superintendent.    (j)    “Responsible charge” means responsibility for the operation and performance of all or any part of a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.    (k)    “Superintendent” means an individual who is designated by any employing or appointing person, county, municipality, sanitary district, or this State as the individual in responsible charge of a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works.    (l)    (1)    “Wastewater works” means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or discharge any liquid or waterborne waste.        (2)    “Wastewater works” does not include:            (i)    A facility that is used only by a private residence;            (ii)    A facility that uses a septic tank or subsoil absorption; or            (iii)    An industrial wastewater works.    (m)    (1)    “Waterworks” means a facility used to collect, store, pump, treat, or distribute water for human consumption.        (2)    “Waterworks” does not include a facility that is used only by a private residence.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 12-102 - Legislative Policy

    The General Assembly enacts this title to establish a certification program for superintendents, operators, and industrial operators of waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works:         (1)    To protect the quality of water in which wastes are placed;        (2)    To protect the public health; and        (3)    To prevent pollution.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 12-103 - Scope of Title

    This title does not limit the right of an individual to practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to practice under this article or the Health - General Article.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-201 - Board Established

    There is a State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators in the Department.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-202 - Membership

    (a)    (1)    The Board consists of 11 members.        (2)    With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint 8 members who represent one or more of the following:            (i)    Municipal government;            (ii)    County government;            (iii)    A sanitary or a metropolitan commission;            (iv)    Waterworks supervision;            (v)    Wastewater works or industrial wastewater works supervision;            (vi)    Agriculture;            (vii)    Industrial wastewater works superintendents; and            (viii)    The Maryland Environmental Service.        (3)    The Secretary shall appoint:            (i)    1 engineer member from the Department; and            (ii)    2 public members who represent the community at large.    (b)    Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.    (c)    (1)    The term of a member appointed by the Governor is 4 years.        (2)    The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 1981. The terms of those members end as follows:            (i)    Three in 1982;            (ii)    One in 1983;            (iii)    One in 1984; and            (iv)    Two in 1985.        (3)    At the end of a term, a member appointed by the Governor continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.        (4)    A member who is appointed by the Governor after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.    (d)    The members appointed by the Secretary serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.    (e)    The Governor may remove for incompetence or misconduct a member appointed by the Governor.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-203 - Officers

    (a)    From among its members, the Board annually shall elect a chairman.    (b)    The Secretary of the Environment shall designate a representative of the Department as Board secretary.    (c)    The manner of election of officers shall be as the Board determines.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-204 - Meetings; Compensation; Staff

    (a)    The Board shall meet at least once a year, at the times and places that it determines.    (b)    Each member of the Board is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.    (c)    The Board may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-205 - Miscellaneous Powers of Board

    In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board may recommend:         (1)    Standards to the Secretary for the classification of waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works; and        (2)    Rules and regulations for adoption by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this title.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 2 - State Board of Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Section 12-206 - Fees; Payment of Expenses; Payment of Funds Into General Fund

    (a)    (1)    The Board shall set reasonable fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates and its other services.        (2)    The fees shall be set so as to produce funds sufficient to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of regulating waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works in accordance with the provisions of this title.    (b)    In accordance with the State budget, the Board may pay expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this title.    (c)    The Board shall pay all funds collected under this section into the General Fund of this State.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-301 - Certification Required

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual shall be certified by the Board in an appropriate classification before a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works may employ the individual as:        (1)    A superintendent; or        (2)    An operator or industrial operator in a job function determined by the Secretary.    (b)    This section does not prevent a governmental agency or a person from continuing to employ in a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works, until July 2, 1982, an operator or industrial operator who is not certified under this title.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-302 - Qualifications of Applicants

    (a)    The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for the qualifications of applicants.    (b)    To qualify for certification, the applicant shall meet the education and experience requirements that the Secretary sets by rule or regulation under this section.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in this title or the rules and regulations adopted under this title, the applicant shall pass an examination given by the Board under this subtitle.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-303 - Applications for Certification

    (a)    To apply for certification, an applicant shall submit an application to the Board on the form that the Board requires.    (b)    The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as to application procedures.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-304 - Examinations

    (a)    The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for the examination of applicants.    (b)    An applicant who otherwise qualifies for certification is entitled to be examined as provided in this section.    (c)    The Board shall give examinations to applicants at least twice a year, at the times and places that the Board determines.    (d)    The Board shall notify each qualified applicant of the time and place of examination.    (e)    Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall determine the subjects, scope, form, and passing score for examinations given under this subtitle.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-305 - Issuance of Certifications

    (a)    The Board shall certify any applicant who meets the requirements of this title and of any applicable rule or regulation adopted under this title.    (b)    The Board may issue a temporary certification to any applicant who lacks the experience or the education that is acceptable to the Board for certification, if the applicant:        (1)    Applies for certification under § 12–303 of this subtitle; and        (2)    Complies with any applicable rule or regulation adopted under this title for this purpose.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  12-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 12 - Waterworks and Waste Systems Operators|Subtitle 3 - Certification of Superintendents, Operators, and Industrial Operators|Section 12-306 - Scope of Certification

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, certification authorizes a waterworks, wastewater works, or industrial wastewater works to employ the certified individual as an operator, industrial operator, or superintendent in an appropriate job classification.    (b)    Certification as an operator authorizes the operator to perform tasks assigned by a certified superintendent, if an operator is not prohibited from performing those tasks by the rules and regulations adopted under this title.    (c)    The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to classify or certify superintendents, operators, and industrial operators to perform certain tasks in waterworks, wastewater works, and industrial wastewater works.