(a) Except as authorized under this title, a private detective agency may not provide any person with a badge or a certification card or other document indicating that any individual is a private detective.
(b) A certified private detective may not lend the private detective’s certification card or badge to another person or allow another person to use or display the card or badge.
(c) Regardless of any association that an individual may have with a private detective agency, unless authorized under this title, the individual may not wear or carry a badge that:
(1) represents that the individual is a private detective; or
(2) otherwise represents that the individual is associated with a private detective agency.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Business Occupations and Professions
Subtitle 7 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties
Section 13-701 - Unauthorized Provision of Private Detective Services
Section 13-702 - Misrepresentation
Section 13-703 - Unauthorized Distribution and Use of Private Detective Documents or Badges
Section 13-704 - Unauthorized Display, Alteration, or Destruction of Certificates
Section 13-705 - False Statements to Secretary
Section 13-706 - False Statements or Reports by Employees to Licensee