Ch. 5

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Occurred: Ch. 110, Acts of 1986.

5-564.

(a) The Department shall conduct the criminal background
investigation and issue the printed statement provided for under
this Part VI OF THIS SUBTITLE. It shall update an initial
investigation and issue a revised printed statement, listing any
of the convictions, pending charges, or offenses described in
subsection (b) of this section occurring after the date of the
initial criminal background investigation statement.

(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:

(i) that the Department has or has not
conducted the criminal background investigation as required under
this Part VI OF THIS SUBTITLE; and

(e) (1) Except in the case where a person who is the
subject of an outstanding arrest warrant or criminal summons has
been identified, all information obtained by the Department
regarding any criminal charges and their disposition may not be
transmitted outside the Department, except as expressly
authorized under this Part VI OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(2) Information obtained by the employer from the
Department under this Part VI OF THIS SUBTITLE shall be
confidential.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors in § 5-564(a), (c)(l)(i), and
(e) of the Family Law Article.

Occurred: Ch. 110, Acts of 1986.

5-565.

(c) For purposes of this Part VI OF THIS SUBTITLE, the
record of a conviction for a crime identified in § 5-564 of this
[Part VI] SUBTITLE, or a copy thereof certified by the clerk of
the court or by a judge of the court in which the conviction
occurred, shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction. In a
case where a pending charge is recorded, documentation provided
by a court to the Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, that
a pending charge for a crime identified in § 5-564 of this [Part
VI] SUBTITLE which has not been finally adjudicated shall be
conclusive evidence of the pending charge.

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