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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part 2 – Prohibited Conduct">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-6" heading="Preliminary inquiries into criminal record.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Conditional offer” defined.">In this section, “conditional offer” means an offer that is conditioned solely on:<para num="(1)">the results of the employer’s subsequent inquiring into or gathering information about the applicant’s criminal record; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">some other contingency expressly communicated to the applicant at the time of the offer.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Inquiries prohibited before conditional offer.">In connection with the proposed employment of any applicant, a covered employer may not, at any time before a conditional offer of employment has been extended:<para num="(1)">require the applicant to disclose or reveal whether he or she has a criminal record or otherwise has had criminal accusations brought against her or him;</para>
      <para num="(2)">conduct a criminal-record check on the applicant; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">otherwise make any inquiry of the applicant or others about whether the applicant has a criminal record or otherwise has had criminal accusations brought against her or him.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-221</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="15-7" heading="Exceptions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Actions expressly required or authorized by other law.">This Part 2 does not apply to any inquiry or other action that is required or expressly authorized by an applicable Federal, State, or City law or regulation.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Facilities servicing minors or vulnerable adults.">
      <para num="(1)">In this subsection, “vulnerable adult” means an adult who lacks the physical or mental capacity to provide for his or her own daily needs.</para>
      <para num="(2)">This Part 2 does not apply to any facility or employer that provides programs, services, or direct care to minors or to vulnerable adults.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-221</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="15-8 to 15-10" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
