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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In accordance with the State budget and § 7-806 of this title, the Department, in consultation with the Board, shall establish and administer a program:
(1) to provide specialized customer telephone equipment to eligible program participants; and
(2) to provide reimbursement of costs under § 7-906 of this subtitle.
(b)(1) In this subsection, “shopping facility” means an outdoor or indoor retail facility with a common pedestrian area housing more than five sales or rental establishments in which a majority of the tenants have a main entrance from the common pedestrian area.
(2) This subsection applies to a shopping facility that:
(i) provides a total number of four or more public pay telephones at the facility of which at least one is located in the common pedestrian area; and
(ii) is larger than 500,000 square feet.
(3) In accordance with the standards and regulations established by the Department, the owner, operator, manager, or other person having control of a shopping facility shall acquire and install at least one specialized communications device designed to enable customers with hearing or speech disabilities to access a telephone or wireless service providers network.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Human Services § 7-902 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/human-services/md-code-human-serv-sect-7-902/
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