HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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required to be registered may be registered and identified
by fingerprint and number instead of by name; but no such
registration shall be required for an employee acting as a
guard or watchman or in any capacity other than as a
detective. The employer shall be responsible for the actions
and conduct of all employees in connection with such
employer's business] $50. EACH INDIVIDUAL PERMANENT AND
PART-TIME EMPLOYEE OF LICENSEE UNDER § 78 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, ACTING AS A SECURITY GUARD OR WATCHMAN SHALL BE
REGISTERED AND PAY AN APPLICATION FEE OF $20. EMPLOYEES
SERVING AS DETECTIVES, SECURITY GUARDS, OR WATCHMEN SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND TWO SETS OF FINGERPRINT CARDS FOR RECORD
CHECKS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE SHALL ESTABLISH
THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVING AND DISAPPROVING DETECTIVES,
SECURITY GUARDS, OR WATCHMEN THROUGH THE PROMULGATION OF
REGULATIONS. APPLICANTS DISAPPROVED SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN
WRITING WITHIN 5 DAYS OF THE DISAPPROVAL. ANY DETECTIVE,
SECURITY GUARD, OR WATCHMAN DISAPPROVED MAY REQUEST A
HEARING WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE WRITTEN
NOTIFICATION WAS FORWARDED. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
MARYLAND STATE POLICE SHALL GRANT A HEARING WITHIN 15 DAYS
OF A REQUEST. THE APPEAL SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHALL
STATE THE GROUNDS FOR THE APPEAL. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
MARYLAND STATE POLICE SHALL DESIGNATE A HEARING OFFICER FOR
THE APPEALS WHOSE DECISION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND STATE THE
FINDINGS OF FACT AND THE CONCLUSION REACHED. AN AGGREIVED
INDIVIDUAL MAY BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. THE EMPLOYER
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS AND CONDUCT OF ALL
EMPLOYEES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH EMPLOYER'S BUSINESS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 363

(House Bill 447)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Parole Commission - Vacancy

FOR the purpose of providing for the appointment of a parole
hearing examiner to perform the duties of a parole
commissioner absent due to sickness, incapacity, or
disqualification.

BY adding to

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative