Ch. 481

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be
construed only prospectively and may hot be applied or interpreted to have any effect on
or application to any cause of action arising before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.         

CHAPTER 481

(Senate Bill 347)

AN ACT concerning                                                                               

Criminal Background Investigations - Child Care Facilities

FOR the purpose of altering the procedure for applying for certain criminal background
investigations for employees, owners, operators, proprietors, and managers of
certain child care facilities; authorizing recording and" distribution of certain
criminal background information in a certain manner; requiring the disclosure of any
criminal conviction or pending criminal charge under certain circumstances; requiring
the adoption of certain regulations; prohibiting certain fees; prohibiting certain uses of
information relating to criminal background investigations; clarifying language;
altering certain definitions; providing a certain penalty; and generally relating to
criminal background investigations for employees and employers of child care
facilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 5-560

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law                                                                                     

Section 5-560, 5-561, 5-562, 5-563, 5-564, 5-565, and 5-566
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-560.                                                 

(a) In [this] Part VI of this subtitle, the following words have the meanings
indicated.

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