Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 9-112.1
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(b) The Agency shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each new applicant for a license under § 9-113 of this subtitle.
(c) The Director may require any applicant seeking a change of ownership or renewal of a license to submit fingerprints to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check.
(d) The Central Repository shall provide to the Agency:
(1) the State and national criminal history records of each individual requiring a criminal history records check under subsection (b) of this section and issue a printed statement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation report;
(2) an update of the initial criminal history records check for an individual requiring a criminal history records check and issue a revised printed statement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation report listing any criminal charge occurring after the date of the initial criminal history records check; and
(3) an acknowledged receipt of the application for a criminal history records check by an individual requiring a criminal history records check.
(e) As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Agency shall submit to the Central Repository:
(1) a complete set of the applicant’s legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(2) the fee authorized in § 10-221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records; and
(3) the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.
(f) (1) In accordance with §§ 10-201 through 10-234 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the Agency a printed statement of the applicant’s criminal history record information.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall preclude the Director from notifying a licensed agent or an applicant of the approval or disqualification based on information obtained by the Agency under this section.
(g) Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:
(1) shall be confidential;
(2) may not be redisseminated; and
(3) may be used only in connection with the issuance of a license required under this subtitle.
(h) The subject of a criminal history records check under this section may contest the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided in § 10-223 of the Criminal Procedure Article.