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§ 5-552. Time period for applications for criminal history records checks

West's Annotated Code of MarylandFamily LawEffective: October 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Family Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 5. Children (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Child Care; Foster Care (Refs & Annos)
Part V. Criminal Background Investigations for Employees of Facilities and Other Individuals that Care for or Supervise Children (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-552
Formerly cited as MD Family Law § 5-562
§ 5-552. Time period for applications for criminal history records checks
Facilities
(a) On or before the 1st day of actual employment of an employee, a facility identified in § 5-551 of this subtitle shall apply to the Department for a national and State criminal history records check for an employee.
Employers
(b) On or before the 1st day of actual operation of a facility identified in § 5-551 of this subtitle, an employer shall apply to the Department for a national and State criminal history records check.
Individuals performing informal child care
(c) Before an individual may be approved to provide or to continue providing informal child care, as defined in child care subsidy regulations adopted under Title 13A of the Code of Maryland Regulations, the individual shall apply to the Department for a national and State criminal history records check.
Individuals identified in § 5-551(b) or (d)
(d) Within 5 days after a local department places a child who is committed to the local department with an adult relative, an individual identified in § 5-551(b) or (d) of this subtitle shall apply to the Department for a national and State criminal history records check.

Credits

Added as Family Law § 5-562 by Acts 1986, c. 110, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 5, § 1, eff. March 9, 1989; Acts 1989, c. 324, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 1991, c. 78, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Acts 1992, c. 302, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 1994, c. 481, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1996, c. 19, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 2005, c. 464, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 18, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2013, c. 49, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2013, c. 50, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. Renumbered as Family Law § 5-552 by Acts 2016, c. 185, § 3, eff. June 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 185, § 4, eff. June 1, 2016; Acts 2023, c. 144, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
MD Code, Family Law, § 5-552, MD FAMILY § 5-552
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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