WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 324

(3) payment for the costs of the criminal background
investigation.

5-563.

(a)  As part of the application process for a criminal
background investigation, the [employee and employer] EMPLOYEE,
EMPLOYER, AND INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED IN § 5-561(C) OF THIS PART VI
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)  (1) The Department or its designee shall mail a copy of
an employee's disclosure statement to the employer within 3 days
of the application.

(2)  The Department or its designee shall mail a copy
of an employer's disclosure statement to the appropriate State or
local licensing, registering, APPROVING, or certifying agency,
within 3 days of the application.

(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 TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES, REGISTERING AGENCY, OR LICENSED CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY.

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:

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