Alcohol Awareness Training Law: Highlights

• On & Off-premise retail alcohol beverage establishments are required to maintain at least one licensee or designated employee who has been currently certified in an approved alcohol awareness training program.
• Certification must be renewed every four years to remain current.
• Temporary licenses are exempt from this mandate.
• Failure to have a certified representative may result in license renewal delays, as well as fines, suspensions or even revocation of your retail alcohol beverage license.

See Maryland Annotated Code, Article 2B; Section13-101 for specific language. 

Resources:

• TAM (Techniques of Alcohol Management)
  Contact: Robin Cordani
  Telephone: 410.760.3424
  mslbarobin@msn.com
  www.mslba.org/MD%20TAM.htm

• TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures)
  Contact: Linda Griffith
  Telephone: 410.398.2770
  lrgriffith2@verizon.net

• Alcohol Awareness Class for Alcoholic Beverage Licensees
  Contact: John S. Murray
  Telephone: 410.553.8927
  jmurrayaa@aol.com