Any licensee who sells or offers for sale kegs or other containers holding 4 gallons or more of beer to consumers for off-premises consumption must require the purchaser to:
(a) provide a valid form of identification as defined in § 1.7 of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of License Commissioners;
(b) complete and sign a keg registration form.
(1) The keg registration form provided and distributed by the State Comptroller's Office must be properly completed by both the licensee and purchaser, and be affixed to the keg by the licensee before the keg is taken off the licensed premises.
(2) The purchaser must provide on the keg registration form the purchaser's name, address, and signature.
(3) Where the purchaser obtains more than one keg for off-premises consumption a separate keg registration form must be completed and affixed to each keg purchased.
(4) The licensee must print on the keg registration form the name of the licensed facility, city or town where located, purchase date, date of birth of purchaser, type and number of ID shown, clerk's name, and whether the keg container is disposable.
(5) The licensee must keep a copy of the completed registration form for 30 days on the licensed premises.
(6) The licensees may charge a keg registration fee to the purchaser.
(7) Upon return of a registered keg from the purchaser, the licensee must remove or obliterate the keg registration form affixed to the keg, and that removal and the date of that removal on the copy of the keg registration form must be retained by the licensee on the licensed premises.
(8) If a keg is made of disposable packaging that does not have to be returned to the licensee, the licensee must indicate on the keg registration form that the keg is disposable.
(9) Disposal of empty kegs made of disposable packaging does not constitute obliteration of the keg registration form.
(10) The existence of a completed keg registration form on the licensed premises, signed by the purchaser, creates a presumption that the licensee has complied with the requirements of this section.
(11) Keg registration forms are not transferable and may only be issued from the licensed establishment to which the keg registration forms were assigned. The keg registration forms are assigned by the Maryland State Comptroller's Office.
(c) A licensee who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not to exceed $100 or a suspension or revocation of the alcoholic beverage license; both a fine and suspension or revocation may be imposed.