Ch. 481                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(7)     a private or nonpublic school required to report annually to the State
Board of Education under Title 2 of the Education Article;

(8)     a foster care family home or group facility as defined under this subtitle;

(9)     a recreation center or recreation program operated by State or local
government primarily serving minors; or

(10)   a day or overnight camp, as defined in Title 10, Subtitle 16 of the Code
of Maryland Regulations, primarily serving minors.

(c)     The following individuals shall obtain a criminal background investigation
under [this] Part VI of this subtitle:

(1)     an individual who is seeking to adopt a child through a local department
of social services or licensed child placement agency;

(2)     an adult relative with whom a child, committed to a local department of
social services, is placed by the local department of social services; and

(3)     any adult known by a local department of social services to be residing in
a:

(i) family day care home required to be registered under Title 5 of this
article; or

. (ii) home of an adult relative of a child with whom the child,
committed to a local department of social services, is placed by the local department of
social services.

(d)     An employer at a facility under subsection (b) of this section may require a
volunteer at the facility to obtain a criminal background investigation under [this] Part
VI of this subtitle.

(e)     A local department of social services may require a volunteer of that
department who works with children to obtain a criminal background investigation under
[this] Part VI of this subtitle.

(f)      An employer at a facility not identified in subsection (b) of this section who
employs individuals to work with children may require employees, including volunteers, to
obtain a criminal background investigation under [this] Part VI of this subtitle.

(g)    A person who is required to have a criminal background investigation under
[this] Part VI of this subtitle shall pay for:

(1)     the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for conducting the criminal background investigation; [and]

(2)     reasonable administrative costs to the Department, not to exceed 10% of
the processing fee; AND                                                                   

(3)      THE FEE AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 746(B)(8) OF THE CODE
FOR ACCESS TO MARYLAND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS.

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