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§ 19-1907. Criminal history records check, statement of employee’s criminal record

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 19. Health Care Facilities (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 19. Adult Dependent Care Programs--Criminal History Records Checks and Background Checks (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Health - General, § 19-1907
§ 19-1907. Criminal history records check, statement of employee’s criminal record
Currentness
Duties of Department
(a)(1) The Department shall conduct the criminal history records check and issue the printed statement provided for under this subtitle.
(2) The Department shall update an initial criminal history records check and issue a revised printed statement, listing any of the convictions or pending charges occurring in the State after the date of the initial criminal history records check.
(3) The Department shall provide an initial and a revised statement of an eligible employee's State criminal record to the recipients of the acknowledgments specified in § 19-1905(b) of this subtitle.
(4) The Department shall adopt regulations requiring employers to verify periodically the continuing employment of an employee.
Statement of eligible employee’s record
(b) The Department shall provide a printed statement of the eligible employee's State criminal record to the recipients of the acknowledgments specified in § 19-1905(b) of this subtitle.
Confidentiality of information
(c) Information obtained from the Department or a private agency under this subtitle shall be confidential and may be disseminated only to the eligible employee who is the subject of the criminal history records check or private agency background check and to an adult dependent care program seeking to hire the eligible employee.
Restrictions
(d) Information obtained from the Department or a private agency under this subtitle may not:
(1) Be used for any purpose other than that for which it was disseminated; or
(2) Be redisseminated.
Maintenance of information
(e) Information obtained from the Department or a private agency under this subtitle shall be maintained in a manner to insure the security of the information.

Credits

Added by Acts 1996, c. 572, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 21, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 2000, c. 69, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000.
MD Code, Health - General, § 19-1907, MD HEALTH GEN § 19-1907
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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