(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a licensee shall not allow any person under 21 years of age to sell, give, furnish, or distribute an alcoholic beverage.
(b) A licensee may allow an employee who is 18 years of age or older to sell, serve, or deliver an alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises; provided, that no employee under 21 years of age shall serve as a bartender.
CREDIT(S)
(Jan. 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 331, ch. 4, §§ 20, 25; Aug. 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 901, ch. 756, §§ 10, 12; June 29, 1953, 67 Stat. 104, ch. 159, § 404(g); Dec. 8, 1970, 84 Stat. 1393, Pub. L. 91-535, § 3(b); Sept. 29, 1982, D.C. Law 4-157, § 12, 29 DCR 3617; Sept. 26, 1984, D.C. Law 5-106, § 2, 31 DCR 3381; Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-178, § 2(a), (b), 33 DCR 7654; Mar. 7, 1987, D.C. Law 6-217, §§ 12, 13, 34 DCR 907; Sept. 11, 1993, D.C. Law 10-12, § 2(c), 40 DCR 4020; May 24, 1994, D.C. Law 10-122, § 2(i), 41 DCR 1658; May 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-298, § 101, 48 DCR 2959.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
D.C. Law 13-298 amended and enacted into law Title 25 of the District of Columbia Official Code. The text of this section is derived from provisions formerly found in D.C. Code §§ 25-121(j) and 25-125. For notes from former § 25-121, see § 25-781.
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 25-784.
1973 Ed., § 25-121.
Legislative History of Laws
For D.C. Law 13-298, see notes following § 25-101.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-178, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-781.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-217, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-101.