Ch. 481

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(10) hiring, soliciting, engaging, or using a minor for the purpose of
manufacturing, distributing, or delivering a controlled dangerous substance.

(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

(ii) that the employee, employer, or individual identified in § 5-561(c)
or (e) of this subtitle is or is not the subject of any pending charges without a final
disposition, or has or has not been convicted of a crime or attempted crime identified in
subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The printed statement may not identify or disclose the specific crime or
attempted crime that is the subject of the criminal background investigation of an
employee, employer, or individual identified in § 5-561 of this subtitle.]

(d)     (1) Upon completion of the criminal background investigation of an
employee, the Department shall submit the printed statement to:

(i) the employee's current or prospective employer at the facility or
program; and

(ii) the employee UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.

(2)     Upon completion of the criminal background investigation of an
employer, the Department shall submit the printed statement to:

(i) the appropriate State or local agency responsible for the licensure,
registration, approval, or certification of the employer's facility; and

(ii) the employer.

(3)     Upon completion of the criminal background investigation of an
individual identified in § 5-561(c), (D), [or] (e), OR (F) of this subtitle, the Department
shall submit the printed statement to the appropriate local department of social services,
REGISTERING AGENCY, OR LICENSED PLACEMENT AGENCY.

(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. AND MAY BE DISSEMINATED ONLY
TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
INVESTIGATION AND TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE HIRING OR APPROVAL PROCESS.

(F) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THIS PART VI
OF THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT:

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