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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-505" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Agent, Owner, and License Transfer Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As part of an application to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check, an applicant shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>two complete sets of legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to State criminal history records; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In accordance with §§ 10–201 through 10–228 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the Administration and to the applicant the applicant’s criminal history record information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an applicant has made two or more unsuccessful attempts at securing legible fingerprints, the Administration may accept an alternate method of a criminal history records check as permitted by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>confidential and may not be redisseminated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>used only for the purpose of registration under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration may issue a temporary cannabis agent registration if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a pre–employment background check completed by a third–party vendor is submitted to and approved by the Administration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the applicant has submitted an application to the Central Repository, as required in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The period of a temporary cannabis agent registration issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not exceed 90 calendar days.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The subject of a criminal history records check under this section may contest the criminal history record information disseminated by the Central Repository, as provided in § 10–223 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
