Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 18-101
Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 18-101
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) (1) “Circumventional information” means information, including pass codes, that allows an individual to alter the operation of a security system.
(2) “Circumventional information” does not include generic user or installation manuals.
(c) “Firm” means a partnership or corporation.
(d) “Firm member” means a partner of a partnership or an officer or director of a corporation.
(e) “License” means a license issued by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee to engage in the business of providing security systems services for compensation.
(f) “Providing security systems services” means providing, on the premises of a person‘s residential or commercial property, the service of:
(1) surveying the property for purposes of installing a security system;
(2) physically installing, maintaining, or repairing a security system for the customer; or
(3) responding to a distress call or an alarm sounding from a security system.
(g) “Representative member” means a firm member who is appointed under this title to act on behalf of the firm.
(h) “Secretary” means the Secretary of State Police or the Secretary’s designee.
(i) “Security systems agency” means an individual or a firm that conducts a business that provides security systems services.
(j) “Security systems technician” means a person who personally provides security systems services.