Ch. 19

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

5-561(C) OR (D) § 5-561(C), (D), (E), OR (F) OF THIS SUBTITLE and issue a revised printed
statement, listing any [of the] convictions, PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT
DISPOSITIONS, NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE DISPOSITIONS, OR pending CRIMINAL
charges[, or offenses] occurring in the State [during the time of employment] after the
date of the initial criminal [background investigation statement] HISTORY RECORDS
CHECK.

(2)     The Department shall adopt regulations requiring:

(I)      employers to verify periodically the continuing employment of an
employee AND THE CONTINUING ASSIGNMENT OF A VOLUNTEER;

(II)     STATE OR LOCAL AGENCIES WHO THAT LICENSE, REGISTER,
APPROVE, OR CERTIFY ANY OF THE FACILITIES DEFINED IDENTIFIED IN § 5-561(B)
OF THIS SUBTITLE TO VERIFY PERIODICALLY THE CONTINUING LICENSURE,
REGISTRATION, APPROVAL, OR CERTIFICATION OF A FACILITY OR THE
CONTINUING ASSIGNMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED IN § 5-561(D) AND (E) §
5-561(E) OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(III) LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND LICENSED
CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCIES THAT PLACE A CHILD AS DESCRIBED IN § 5-561(C) OF
THIS SUBTITLE TO VERIFY PERIODICALLY THE CONTINUING PARTICIPATION OR
PRESENCE OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED IN § 5-561(C)(2) AND (3) § 5-561(C) OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(3)     The employee, EMPLOYER, VOLUNTEER, OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL
IDENTIFIED IN § 5-561 OF THIS SUBTITLE is not responsible for payment of any fee to
update criminal [ background investigations] HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS.

(b)     (1) The Department shall provide [a statement] AN INITIAL AND A
REVISED STATEMENT of the applicant's State criminal record to the recipients of the
acknowledgments specified in § 5-563(b) of this subtitle.

(2) The Department shall:

(i) record on a printed statement the existence of a conviction, A
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT DISPOSITION, A NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE
DISPOSITION, or pending charge reported in the criminal history record information
received from the FBI Identification Division; and

(ii) distribute the printed statement in accordance with federal law
and regulations on dissemination of FBI identification records.

(c)     The recording of the existence of a conviction, A PROBATION BEFORE
JUDGMENT DISPOSITION, A NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE DISPOSITION, or pending
charge, contained in the criminal history record information received from the FBI
Identification Division:

(1) may not identify or disclose to a private entity the specific crime or
attempted crime in the employee's, employer's, or applicant's criminal history record; and

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