PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 602

[(c) Unless an individual is certified as a security guard under this title, the
individual may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including "certified security
guard", or by use of a badge or identification card, that the individual is certified as a
security guard under this title.]

13-703.

(a)     Except as authorized under this title, a private detective agency may not
provide any person with a badge or a certification card or other document indicating that
any individual is a private detective [or a security guard].

(b)     [(1)]A certified private detective may not lend the private detective's
certification card or badge to another person or allow another person to use or display the
card or badge.

[(2) A certified security guard may not lend the security guard's certification
card or badge to another person or allow another person to use or display the card or
badge.]

(c)     Regardless of any association that an individual may have with a private
detective agency, unless authorized under this title, the individual may not wear or carry
a badge that:

(1)     represents that the individual is a private detective [or security guard];
or

(2)     otherwise represents that the individual is associated with a private
detective agency.

13-706.

An individual whom a licensee employs as a private detective [or as a security
guard] may not willfully make a false statement or report to the licensee about any case
conducted or services provided by the licensee.

TITLE 19. SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES AND SECURITY GUARD CERTIFICATION.

SUBTITLE 1. DEFINITIONS.
19-101.

(A)    IN THIS TITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)     "CERTIFICATION CARD" MEANS A CARD ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY
UNDER § 19-405 OF THIS TITLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED AS A SECURITY
GUARD.

(C) "FIRM' MEANS A PARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION.

(D) "FIRM MEMBER" MEANS A PARTNER OF A PARTNERSHIP OR AN OFFICER
OR DIRECTOR OF A CORPORATION.

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