This chapter does not apply to:
(a) other than practicing or acting without a license, professional services rendered by any certified public accountants, architects, clergymen, professional engineers, lawyers, veterinarians, insurance agents and brokers licensed by the state, Christian Science practitioners, land surveyors and property line surveyors, optometrists, physical therapists, podiatrists, psychologists, and medical and dental practitioners, engaging in their respective professional activities;
(b) any television or radio broadcasting station or any publisher or printer of a newspaper, magazine, or other form of printed advertising who broadcasts, publishes, or prints an advertisement which violates this Chapter, except insofar as the station or publisher or printer engages in a deceptive or unconscionable practice in the sale or offering for sale of its own goods or services or knows that the advertising violates this Chapter;
(c) public utility companies to the extent that the company’s services and operations are regulated by the state Public Service Commission;
(d) defective tenancies or other complaints concerning any condition in rental housing which arises out of a landlord-tenant relationship and constitutes a violation of Chapter 29; and
(e) the sale of real estate, directly or indirectly, by any owner-occupant of the real estate, except as provided in Section 40-14. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 1; 1974 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 3; 2006 L.M.C., ch. 7, § 1; 2007 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 2.)
Editor's note—In Holiday Universal, Inc. v. Montgomery County, 377 Md. 305, 833 A.2d 518 (2003), the Court held that Montg. Co. Code § 11-4A did not meet the requirements for a local law and, therefore, was invalid. The above section is discussed in Fosler v. Panoramic Design, Ltd., 376 Md. 118, 829 A.2d 271 (2003).