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(3) The name of a person adjudicated a child abuser may be entered in a
central registry without an opportunity for a hearing under this subsection.

(d)     The Department may not enter the name of a person in a central registry
unless the person has:

(1)     been adjudicated a child abuser;

(2)     unsuccessfully appealed the entry of the person's name in the central
registry under procedures established by the Department and this section; or

(3)     failed to respond within 15 days to notice by the Department of the
Department's intent to enter the person's name in a central registry.

(e)      [On request by the person, the] THE Department WITHOUT THE NECESSITY
OF A REQUEST shall remove the name of a person suspected of abuse or neglect from a
central registry if no entry has been made for that person for 7 years before the date of
the request AFTER THE ENTRY OF THE PERSON'S NAME IN A REGISTRY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 and 4 of Chapter
318 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993 be repealed.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 282
(House Bill 538)

AN ACT concerning

Southern Maryland Higher Education Center

FOR the purpose of establishing the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center;
providing that the Center shall be governed by a certain Board; establishing the
number of voting Board members; providing for the appointment of Board
members; establishing the term lengths for Board members; providing for the
appointment of a Board chairman; providing for the establishment of certain
committees; establishing the number of nonvoting members; providing for the
reimbursement of certain expenses; establishing the length of members' initial
terms; specifying the Board's powers; requiring the Board to fulfill certain duties;
providing for a director of the Center; specifying the procedure for selecting a
director; requiring the director to fulfill certain duties; requiring the submission of
a budget for certain purposes; specifying the procedures for requesting certain
funds; appropriating certain funds for certain purposes; providing for the
disposition of certain property by the Board; providing certain liability protections
for the Board, its agents, and employees; defining certain terms; declaring the intent
of the General Assembly; and generally relating to the establishment of the

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