[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR3.42]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 3_CONDUCT OF PERSONS AND TRAFFIC ON THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH FEDERAL ENCLAVE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Facilities and Grounds
 
Sec. 3.42  Restricted activities.

    (a) Hobbies and sports. A person may undertake hobbies and sports 
only in designated areas or as approved by the Director.
    (b) Pets and other animals. A person may not bring on the enclave 
any cat, dog, or other animal except for authorized purposes. This 
prohibition does not apply to domestic pets at living quarters or to the 
exercise of these pets under leash or other appropriate restraints. The 
use of a dog by a handicapped person to assist that person is 
authorized.
    (c) Photography. A person may take photographs, films or 
audiovisuals, for personal or news purposes on the grounds of the 
enclave or in entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, and auditoriums in 
use for public meetings, except when contrary to security regulations or 
Department of Health and Human Services policies, or where prohibited by 
appropriate signs. Photographs and similar activities for advertising or 
commercial purposes may be taken only with the advance written approval 
of the Director. A person may take photographs of a patient only with 
the informed consent of the patient (or the natural or legal guardian) 
and of the Director of the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center or 
delegate.
    (d) Intoxicating beverages, narcotics, and other controlled 
substances. A person may not possess, sell, consume, or use alcohol or 
other intoxicating beverages, except in connection with official duties, 
as part of authorized research, or as otherwise authorized by the 
Director, or, in the case of possession, consumption or use only, in 
living quarters. (The sale, consumption, use, or possession of narcotics 
and other controlled substances is prohibited and shall be governed by 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841-845); driving under the 
influence of an alcoholic beverage, drug or controlled substance is 
prohibited and shall be governed by the Maryland Transportation Code 
Annotated section 21-902.)
    (e) Nuisances and disturbances. The following acts by a person are 
prohibited: Unwarranted loitering, disorderly conduct (acting in a 
disorderly manner to the disturbance of the public peace is prohibited 
and shall be governed by Maryland Code Annotated, Article 27, section 
122); littering or disposal of rubbish in an unauthorized manner, the 
creation of any hazard to persons or property; the throwing of articles 
of any kind from or at a building; the climbing upon any part of a 
building for other than an authorized purpose; the loud playing of 
radios or other similar devices; and rollerskating, skateboarding, 
sledding or similar activities, except in officially designated areas.
    (f) Smoking. Except as part of an approved medical research 
protocol, a person may not smoke in any building on the enclave.
    (g) Firearms, explosive, and other weapons. No person other than a 
specifically authorized police officer shall possess firearms, 
explosives, or other dangerous or deadly weapons or dangerous materials 
intended to be used as weapons either openly or concealed. Upon written 
request, the Director may permit possession in living quarters of 
antique firearms held for collection purposes, if the Director finds 
that the collection does not present any risk of harm.

[55 FR 2068, Jan. 22, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 1874, Jan. 16, 1992]