WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6
Occurred: Ch. 324, Acts of 1989.

5-563.

(a) As part of the application process for a criminal background investigation,
the employee, employer, and individual identified in § 5-561(c) of this [Part VI]
SUBTITLE shall complete and sign a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing the
existence of a conviction or pending charges without a final disposition for the
commission of, attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit any of the following
criminal offenses or a criminal offense which is equivalent to any of the following:

(1) murder;

(2) child abuse;

(3) rape;

(4) a sexual offense involving a minor, nonconsenting adult, or a person
who is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;

(5) child pornography;

(6) kidnapping of a child; or

(7) child abduction.

(b) (3) The Department or its designee shall mail a copy of a disclosure form
of an individual identified in § 5-561(c) of this [Part VI] SUBTITLE to the appropriate
local department of social services, registering agency, or licensed child placement
agency.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors in § 5-563(a) and (b)(3) of the Family Law Article.

Occurred: Ch. 324, Acts of 1989.
5-564.

(c) (1) Except for any necessary administrative or personal identification
information or the date on which the criminal background investigation was conducted
or completed, the printed statement shall contain the following information only, stated
in the affirmative or negative:

(ii) that the employee, employer, or individual identified in §
5-561 (c) of this [Part VI] SUBTITLE is or is not the subject of any pending charges
without a final disposition, or has or has not been convicted of a crime or attempted
crime identified in subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The printed statement may not identify or disclose the specific crime or
attempted crime that is the subject of the employee's, employer's, or individual's

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