This article shall be known as the "Ulster County Tobacco Licensing
and Reduced Youth Exposure to Tobacco Law."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
A hearing administered by the Ulster County Department of
Health as allowed by New York Public Health Law Section 309 and according
to regulations adopted by the Ulster County Department of Health.
APPLICANT
An individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
or other business entity seeking an Ulster County tobacco retail license.
DEPARTMENT
The Ulster County Department of Health.
EXISTING TOBACCO RETAILER
Any person who is lawfully engaged in the retail sale of
tobacco products and possesses a valid certificate of registration
as a tobacco retail dealer from the New York State Department of Taxation
and Finance on the effective enforcement date of this article.
LEGAL AGE
The minimum age at which individuals are permitted to legally
purchase tobacco products.
PERSON
Any natural person, company, corporation, firm, partnership,
business organization, or other legal entity.
RENEWED TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE
A tobacco retail license issued to an applicant for the same
location at which the applicant previously possessed a valid tobacco
retail license during the previous year.
SCHOOL
A public or private kindergarten, elementary, middle, junior
high, or high school; or a Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Center.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any manufactured product containing tobacco or nicotine,
including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff,
chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, bidis, snus, dissolvable tobacco
products and electronic cigarette cartridges.
TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSE
A license issued by the Ulster County Department of Health
to a person engaged in the sale of tobacco products in Ulster County.
TOBACCO RETAILER
Any person who sells or offers for sale any tobacco product,
or any employee of such a person.
The Department shall create appropriate training materials and
programs that shall be made available to any existing tobacco retailer.
The effective date of this article shall be on January 1, 2016.