Section 15-804 - Application for license; criminal history records check. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-804. Application for license; criminal history records check.
 

(a)  In general.- In addition to the information required under § 15-102 of this title, each application for a license shall include: 

(1) The name and business address of the drivers' school by whom the applicant is or will be employed; or 

(2) A statement that the applicant himself is licensed to conduct a drivers' school. 

(b)  Criminal history records check.-  

(1) In this subsection, "Central Repository" means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. 

(2) The Administration shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each applicant. 

(3) As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Administration shall submit to the Central Repository: 

(i) Two complete sets of the applicant's legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

(ii) The fee authorized under § 10-221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records; and 

(iii) The mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check. 

(4) In accordance with §§ 10-201 through 10-234 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the Administration the applicant's criminal history records information. 

(5) Information obtained from the Central Repository under this subsection: 

(i) Is confidential and may not be redisseminated; and 

(ii) Shall be used only for the licensing purpose authorized by this subsection. 

(6) The subject of a criminal history records check under this subsection may contest the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided in § 10-223 of the Criminal Procedure Article. 
 

[1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2009, ch. 184, § 2; ch. 185, § 2.]