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Terms Used In Maryland Code, BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 20-201

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Secretary shall adopt and enforce regulations to carry out this title, including regulations that establish:

(1) minimum standards for electronic equipment capable of monitoring 24 hours per day individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency;

(2) minimum training and experience requirements for a private home detention monitoring agency licensee and for a private home detention monitor; and

(3) the minimum number of private home detention monitors that shall be on duty in relation to the number of defendants being monitored.

(b) The Secretary shall:

(1) maintain a roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies that includes:

(i) a telephone number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during normal business hours; and

(ii) a telephone or pager number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during nonbusiness hours;

(2) annually disseminate the roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies to:

(i) the administrative judge for the District Court in each district;

(ii) the administrative judge for the circuit court in each county; and

(iii) the Administrative Office of the Courts; and

(3) notify the agencies listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection when the license of a private home detention monitoring agency is suspended or revoked.