A person licensed under section 1502 as a sales representative for a spirits supplier may give a retail licensee samples of spirits under the following conditions:
1. Invoice required. The spirits must be accompanied by an invoice;
2. Product registered. The spirits must be listed by the commission for sale in this State and clearly labeled as a sample;
3. Taxes paid.
3-A. Partial-bottle spirits samples.
4. Sampling record; prohibited recipients. The sales representative who provides the sample shall maintain a log stating the names of the agency liquor store or on-premises retail licensee to whom a full-bottle sample is given under subsection 5 or the person to whom a partial-bottle sample of spirits is given under subsection 6 and the amount of that partial-bottle sample. The person to whom the sales representative gives spirits samples under this section may not be a minor or a visibly intoxicated person;
5. Full-bottle samples. The maximum amount of unopened full-bottle samples of spirits given to a retail licensee by a sales representative may not exceed 6 liters per year per distillery represented by that sales representative. Individual samples may not exceed one liter. A full-bottle sample is an unopened bottle of spirits provided to an agency liquor store or an on-premises retail licensee licensed to sell spirits;
6. Partial-bottle samples. Bottles of spirits designated for partial-bottle sampling must be properly sealed between samplings. Samples poured from a bottle of spirits designated for partial-bottle sampling may be provided only:
A. On the premises of a retailer licensed to sell spirits for on-premises consumption to the owner of or a supervisory or managerial employee of the retailer; or
B. On the premises of an agency liquor store to the owner of or a supervisory or managerial employee of the agency liquor store;
7. Records maintained. Records of samples given or received under this section must be maintained for a 2-year period by the sales representative and the retail licensee that gave or received the samples; and
8. Access to samples. A sales representative shall request samples from bailment inventory of a spirits supplier housed at the wholesale spirits provider's warehouse for the purposes described under this section.