(A) The Howard County Health Department shall enforce this subchapter and may, while an establishment is undergoing otherwise mandated health-related inspections, inspect for compliance with this subchapter.
(B) Notice of the provisions of this subchapter shall be given to all applicants for a business license in Howard County.
(C) Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this subchapter may initiate enforcement with the Howard County Department of Health.
(D) An owner, manager, operator, or employee of an establishment regulated by this subchapter shall inform person(s) in violation of the appropriate provisions thereof and shall ask those persons to refrain from smoking. If the person does not stop smoking, the owner, manager, operator, or employee shall refuse service and shall immediately ask the person to leave the premises. If the person in violation refuses to leave the premises, the owner, manager, operator or employee shall contact a law enforcement agency.
(E) In addition to the remedies provided by the provisions of this section, the Howard County Legal Department or any person aggrieved by the failure of the owner, operator, manager, or other person in control of a injunctive relief to enforce those provisions in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 2017 BCCO-10, passed 3-6-17)