(a) Upon the request of any competent State authority, the Secretary may inspect and test any weight and measure.
(b) Unless otherwise provided, the Secretary may inspect and test to ascertain if they are correct, every weight and measure possessed, offered, or exposed for sale. The Secretary shall inspect and test every weight and measure commercially used in determining:
(1) The weight, measurement, or count of any commodity sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure, or count;
(2) Any charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count; and
(3) Weight, measurement, or count when a charge is made for the determination.
(c) The Secretary may test with representative samples any single-service device or mass-produced device. The lot of which any sample is representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on the samples. For the purposes of this section, a single-service device is a device designed to be used commercially only once and then discarded; and a mass-produced device is a device produced by means of a mold or die and not susceptible of individual adjustment.
(d) The Secretary shall conduct inspections as provided in a memorandum of understanding on behalf of and in coordination with other agencies when performing weights and measures inspections at gasoline retailing operations.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 11 - Weights and Measures
Subtitle 2 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors
Section 11-201 - Administration
Section 11-202 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary
Section 11-204 - Inspections and Testing Generally
Section 11-204.2 - Registration Required
Section 11-204.3 - Application for Registration
Section 11-204.4 - Term and Renewal of Registration; Display; Transfer
Section 11-204.5 - Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Registration
Section 11-204.6 - Weights and Measures Fund
Section 11-204.7 - Fees for Registration
Section 11-205 - Testing Standards Used by Servicemen or Service Agencies
Section 11-206 - Investigations; Recognized Sampling Procedures; Prima Facie Evidence
Section 11-207.1 - Sale of Commercial Weights and Measures
Section 11-208 - Prohibited Acts
Section 11-208.1 - Civil Penalties
Section 11-209 - Off-Sale, Stop-Use, Stop-Removal, and Removal Orders
Section 11-210 - Police Powers, Right of Entry, Seizure and Arrest