Section 20-305 - Criminal history records checks. - Maryland Statutes

§ 20-305. Criminal history records checks.
 

(a)  "Central Repository" defined.- In this section, "Central Repository" means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. 

(b)  Requirement.- An applicant for a license under this title and an individual whose name must be submitted under § 20-303(c)(5) of this subtitle shall apply to the Central Repository for State and national criminal history records checks on a form approved by the Director of the Central Repository. 

(c)  Duties of Central Respository.- For each individual applying for State and national criminal history records checks under subsection (b) of this section, the Central Repository shall: 

(1) notify the Secretary of the receipt of the application for State and national criminal history records checks; 

(2) process the State and national criminal history records checks and forward to the Secretary and the individual a printed statement listing the finding of a felony conviction; and 

(3) process an update of the initial State criminal history records check and forward to the Secretary a revised printed statement listing the finding of a felony conviction for an offense occurring in the State after the date of the initial criminal history records check. 

(d)  Required fingerprints and fees.- An individual applying for State and national criminal history records checks shall submit to the Central Repository: 

(1) a complete set of legible fingerprints taken at any designated State or local law enforcement office in the State or other location approved by the Secretary; 

(2) the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check; and 

(3) the fee authorized under § 10-221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records. 

(e)  Payment of fees by agency.- A private home detention monitoring agency or an applicant for a license to operate a private home detention monitoring agency may pay the fees required in subsection (d) of this section for an individual it intends to employ as a private home detention monitor. 

(f)  Confidentiality of information.- Information obtained by the Secretary under this section shall be confidential and may not: 

(1) be used for any purpose other than that for which it was disseminated; and 

(2) be redisseminated. 
 

[1998, ch. 331; 1999, ch. 36; 2001, ch. 35.]