(a) The owner or operator of a mine, quarry, or other operation or business that uses explosives, or a contractor who performs work that uses explosives, required to obtain a license to engage in business as a dealer under this subtitle:
(1) may issue or sell to each employee only the amount of explosives as is reasonably required by that employee to perform the employee’s duties;
(2) shall ensure that any explosives issued or sold to an employee are not taken by the employee to a place not necessary for the employee to perform the employee’s duties; and
(3) shall ensure that any unused explosives are returned to the owner, operator, or contractor on termination of the work for which the explosives were issued or sold to the employee.
(b) Regardless of whether the owner, operator, or contractor has obtained a license to engage in business as a dealer, an employee of the owner, operator, or contractor need not obtain a license to possess explosives other than explosives for use in firearms in order to possess explosives issued or sold to the employee by the owner, operator, or contractor.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - Licenses to Engage in Business as Manufacturer or Dealer or to Possess Explosives
Section 11-102 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 11-104 - Powers of State Fire Marshal
Section 11-105 - License Required; Exceptions
Section 11-106 - Applications for Licenses
Section 11-107 - Issuance of License
Section 11-108 - Scope of License to Engage in Business as Dealer
Section 11-109 - Term of License
Section 11-110 - Employees of Businesses or Operations That Use Explosives
Section 11-111 - Revocations of Licenses
Section 11-112 - Records and Reports of Manufacturers and Dealers
Section 11-113 - Reports of Theft of Explosives
Section 11-114 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty -- in General
Section 11-115 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty -- Explosives for Use in Firearms; Required Reports
Section 11-116 - Additional Penalties
Section 11-117 - Merger of Convictions; Preemption Among Penalties