Md. Code, Business Regulation § 6–5A–10

(a) A person that engages in soliciting public safety contributions without prior application for registration as a public safety solicitor is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding 10 times the value of the total amount of funds improperly solicited or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

(b) A person convicted of a violation of this section may:

(1) be prohibited from acting as a public safety solicitor for a period up to 10 years beginning on the date of the conviction; and

(2) be ordered to refund all improperly solicited public safety contributions to the donors who made such contributions.