Ch. 19

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(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] HISTORY
RECORDS CHECK 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]
HISTORY RECORDS CHECK 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] HISTORY RECORDS CHECK under this
Part VI of this subtitle.

(g)     A person who is required to have a criminal [background investigation]
HISTORY RECORDS CHECK 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] A NATIONAL
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK;

(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.

(h) (1) An employer or other party may pay for the costs borne by the employee
or other individual under subsection (g) of this section.

(2) The local department of social services shall reimburse an adult residing
in a foster care home for the costs borne by the individual under subsection (g) of this
section.

5-562.

(a)     (1) On or before the 1st day of actual employment, an employee shall apply
to the Department for a printed statement.

(2)     On or before the 1st day of actual operation of a facility identified in §
5-561 of this subtitle, an employer shall apply to the Department for a printed statement.

(3)     Within 5 days after a child who is committed to a local department of
social services is placed by the local department of social services with an adult relative,
an individual identified in § 5-561(c)[, (d),] OR (e)[, or (f)] of this subtitle shall apply
to the Department for a printed statement.                                          ...

(b)     As part of the application for a criminal [background investigation] HISTORY
RECORDS CHECK, the employee, employer, and individual identified in § 5-561(c), (d),
(e), or (f) of this subtitle shall submit:

(1) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a complete set of
legible fingerprints taken on standard fingerprint cards at any designated State or local
law enforcement office in the State or other location approved by the Department;

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