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<section number="2-231.03" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-2-231.03" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV12OFHURI_SD10ACEMRECI_S2-231.03DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For purposes of this Subdivision, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings indicated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applicant means a person who is considered or who requests to be considered for employment in the County by an employer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Arrest means being apprehended, detained, taken into custody, held for investigation, or otherwise restrained by a law enforcement agency or military authority due to an accusation or suspicion that the person committed a crime.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Arrest Record means information indicating that a person has been apprehended, detained, taken into custody, held for investigation, or otherwise restrained by a law enforcement agency or military authority due to an accusation or suspicion that the person committed a crime.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Cannabis/Marijuana means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, including all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration greater than 0.3% on a dry weight basis as defined in Md. Code Ann., Criminal Law § 5-101.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Conviction means a verdict or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal act.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Conviction Record means information regarding a sentence arising from a verdict, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, an Alford plea including a sentence of incarceration a fine, a penalty, a suspended sentence, or a sentence of probation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Criminal Record report means a record of a person's arrest and conviction history obtained from any source.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Director means the Executive Director of the Office of Human Rights.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Employment means:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Any work for compensation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Any form of vocational or educational training, with or without compensation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Employer means any person, individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity operating and doing business in the County that employs ten (10) or more persons full-time in the County. Employer includes the County government, but does not include the United States, any State, or any other local government.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Inquiry or Inquire means any direct or indirect conduct intended to gather information, using any mode of communication.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Potential Applicant means a person that intends to submit an application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Sentence means the term of imprisonment or probation imposed on a convicted defendant for criminal wrongdoing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Vulnerable Adult means an adult who lacks the physical or mental capacity to provide for his or her own daily needs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Nonviolent Felony means a felony conviction for a crime that is not a crime of violence as defined in Sec. 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Prohibited Inquiries and Considerations. An employer is prohibited from inquiry into or considering convictions or conviction records of any applicant for employment where the sentence of the applicant was completed.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For a nonviolent felony, at least (5) five years or sixty (60) months ago; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a misdemeanor, at least thirty (30) months ago.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
