<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-101" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“License” means a license issued by the Secretary to operate a business that provides monitoring services for a fee to individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Licensed private home detention monitoring agency” means a person who is licensed by the Secretary to conduct a business that provides monitoring services for a fee to individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Private home detention monitor” means an employee of a licensed private home detention monitoring agency who personally monitors individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Private home detention monitoring agency” means a person who conducts a business that provides monitoring services for a fee to individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-201" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Duties of Secretary"> <level label="a"> <text>In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Secretary shall adopt and enforce regulations to carry out this title, including regulations that establish:</text> <level label="1"> <text>minimum standards for electronic equipment capable of monitoring 24 hours per day individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>minimum training and experience requirements for a private home detention monitoring agency licensee and for a private home detention monitor; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the minimum number of private home detention monitors that shall be on duty in relation to the number of defendants being monitored.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>maintain a roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies that includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a telephone number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during normal business hours; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a telephone or pager number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during nonbusiness hours;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>annually disseminate the roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the administrative judge for the District Court in each district;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the administrative judge for the circuit court in each county; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the Administrative Office of the Courts; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>notify the agencies listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection when the license of a private home detention monitoring agency is suspended or revoked.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-301" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person shall be licensed by the Secretary as a private home detention monitoring agency before operating a business that provides monitoring services for a fee to individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-302" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>To qualify for a license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The applicant and anyone the applicant employs as a private home detention monitor shall be of good character and reputation.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The applicant and all individuals employed as private home detention monitors shall satisfy the minimum training and experience requirements provided in regulations adopted by the Secretary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-303" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a license shall submit to the Secretary:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an application on the form that the Secretary provides; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an application fee of $500.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The application fee is nonrefundable.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The application form provided by the Secretary shall contain a statement advising the applicant that willfully making a false statement on an application is a misdemeanor, subject to a fine or imprisonment or both, as provided under § 20-701 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The applicant shall sign the application under oath.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In addition to any other information that the Secretary requires, the applicant shall provide:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the name, date of birth, and residence address of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the address of the applicant’s proposed principal place of business and of each proposed branch office;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a telephone number at which the applicant can be reached during normal business hours;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a telephone or pager number that can be used to reach the applicant during nonbusiness hours; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the name and permanent address of each individual the applicant intends to employ as a private home detention monitor.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An applicant for a license shall submit with the application form:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a bond in accordance with the requirements of § 20-601 of this title; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>proof of liability insurance, as required under § 20-602 of this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-304" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>Before an individual may begin working as a private home detention monitor:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the private home detention monitoring agency shall submit to the Secretary, on the form that the Secretary provides, the name of the individual; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the individual shall apply for State and national criminal history records checks under § 20-305 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-305" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An applicant for a license under this title and an individual whose name must be submitted under § 20-303(c)(5) of this subtitle shall apply to the Central Repository for State and national criminal history records checks on a form approved by the Director of the Central Repository.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>For each individual applying for State and national criminal history records checks under subsection (b) of this section, the Central Repository shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>notify the Secretary of the receipt of the application for State and national criminal history records checks;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>process the State and national criminal history records checks and forward to the Secretary and the individual a printed statement listing the finding of a felony conviction; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>process an update of the initial State criminal history records check and forward to the Secretary a revised printed statement listing the finding of a felony conviction for an offense occurring in the State after the date of the initial criminal history records check.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An individual applying for State and national criminal history records checks shall submit to the Central Repository:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a complete set of legible fingerprints taken at any designated State or local law enforcement office in the State or other location approved by the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the fee authorized under § 10-221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to Maryland criminal history records.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A private home detention monitoring agency or an applicant for a license to operate a private home detention monitoring agency may pay the fees required in subsection (d) of this section for an individual it intends to employ as a private home detention monitor.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Information obtained by the Secretary under this section shall be confidential and may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be used for any purpose other than that for which it was disseminated; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be redisseminated.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-306" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to an individual required to apply for State and national criminal history records checks under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An individual may contest the finding of a felony conviction reported in a printed statement issued by the Department as provided in this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In contesting the finding of a felony conviction, the individual shall contact the office of the Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, and a hearing shall be convened within 20 workdays, unless subsequently waived by the individual.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary, or a designee of the Secretary, shall render a decision regarding the appeal within 5 workdays after the hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>For the purposes of this subtitle, the record of a felony conviction or a copy of the record certified by the clerk of the court or by a judge of the court in which the conviction occurred shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Failure of the individual to appear at the scheduled hearing shall be considered grounds for dismissal of the appeal.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-307" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall issue a license to each applicant who satisfies the requirements of this title and any regulations adopted under this title.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The Secretary shall issue a private home detention monitoring agency license certificate to each licensed agency.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>For each additional office the private detention monitoring agency proposes to operate, the Secretary shall issue a branch office certificate.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall include on each agency license certificate that the Secretary issues:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the full name of the licensee;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the location of the private home detention monitoring agency and of each branch office, if any;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the date of issuance of the license; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the date on which the license expires.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall include on a branch office certificate:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the full name of the licensee;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the location of the principal office of the licensee and of the agency branch office for which the certificate is issued;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the date of issuance of the branch office certificate; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the date on which the license of the licensee expires.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-308" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>While a license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>operate, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, a business that provides monitoring services for a fee to individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>employ qualified individuals to work as private home detention monitors on behalf of the licensee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-309" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless a license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the date set by the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>At least 2 months before a license expires, the Secretary shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a renewal application form; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a notice that states:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the date on which the current license expires;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the amount of the renewal fee; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>that the submission of a false statement in the renewal application or in the annual statements is cause for revocation of the license.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary shall renew the license of each licensee who satisfies the requirements of this title and any regulations adopted under this title.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-310" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>As a condition for license renewal, a licensee shall submit to the Secretary with the renewal application:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a certification or, as authorized by the Secretary, other documentation that the licensed private home detention monitoring agency has paid, for the past 2 years, all withholding and Social Security taxes;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a certification or, as authorized by the Secretary, other documentation that the licensed private home detention monitoring agency has paid, for the past 2 years, all other obligations employers are required to pay on behalf of their employees to the State or federal government;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a certificate of compliance issued by the State Workers’ Compensation Commission, or the number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder as provided by § 9-105 of the Labor and Employment Article;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a receipt from the Comptroller’s Office or, as authorized by the Secretary, other documentation showing that the State income tax of the licensed private home detention monitoring agency has been paid for the past 2 years;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>a bond in accordance with the requirements of § 20-601 of this title; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>proof of liability insurance, as required under § 20-602 of this title; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a renewal fee of $100.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the Secretary does not receive the documents required under subsection (a) of this section at least 21 days before the current license expires, the Secretary may charge the licensee a late fee of $10 per day until the documents are received.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary may inspect any of the business records of a licensee that relate to any matter that is subject to certification or documentation under this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-311" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>A licensee shall maintain an office in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A licensee shall keep in an office in the State all files or other records that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>are made in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>relate to individuals monitored by the licensee.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-312" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Within 21 days after the change, a licensee shall submit to the Secretary written notice of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the addition of a branch office; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a change in the address of the private home detention monitoring agency or branch office.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The licensee shall submit with the notice:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a photocopy of the agency license certificate; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if the proposed change affects an existing branch office, a photocopy of the branch office certificate for that office.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary shall issue a new agency license certificate and, if applicable, a new branch office certificate, both of which shall set forth the same expiration date as the original agency license certificate.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-313" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Each licensee shall have on the premises at all times:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the agency license certificate in the office of the private home detention monitoring agency; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the branch office certificate in the agency branch office for which the certificate was issued.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If an agency license certificate or branch office certificate is lost or destroyed, the licensee immediately shall notify the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On receipt of notice of the loss or destruction of an agency license certificate or branch office certificate, the Secretary may issue a duplicate.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-314" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 20-316 of this subtitle, the Secretary may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>while not licensed, willfully engages in a business providing private home detention monitoring services in the State;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>while not licensed, willfully advertises as a private home detention monitoring agency;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>willfully makes a false statement or misrepresentation that an individual is or was in the employ of the applicant or licensee;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>has a felony conviction;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>knowingly employs or knowingly continues to employ a private home detention monitor after being notified by the Secretary that the individual has a felony conviction;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>willfully makes a false statement or misrepresentation in any renewal application, in any annual statement, or in any other report or document that the Secretary requires to be submitted;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>fails to notify the Secretary about any change in the address of the private home detention monitoring agency or any branch office of a licensee;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>fails to maintain a bond as required by § 20-601 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>fails to maintain the liability insurance required under § 20-602 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>violates any other provision of this title; or</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>violates a regulation adopted under this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>For purposes of this section, an act or omission of any principal, agent, or employee of an applicant or licensee may be construed to be the act or omission of the applicant or licensee, as well as of the principal, agent, or employee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-315" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to this section, the Secretary shall commence proceedings under § 20-316 of this subtitle on the Secretary’s own complaint or on a complaint made to the Secretary by any person.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a complaint is made by any person other than the Secretary, the complaint shall be made under oath by the person who submits the complaint.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A complaint shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>be in writing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>be signed by the complainant; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>On receipt of a complaint that alleges facts that are grounds for action under § 20-314 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall assign an employee to investigate the complaint.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>On conclusion of the investigation, the employee who conducted the investigation shall determine whether there is a reasonable basis to believe that there are grounds for disciplinary action under § 20-314 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the employee who conducted the investigation finds a reasonable basis as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall act on the complaint as provided under § 20-316 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-316" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Secretary takes final action under § 20-314 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary may administer oaths in connection with any proceeding under this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The person may be represented at the hearing by counsel.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If, after due notice, the person against whom the action is contemplated does not appear, nevertheless the Secretary may hear and determine the matter.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-317" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>Within 5 days after the Secretary suspends or revokes the license of a person, the person shall surrender to the Secretary the agency license certificate and each branch office certificate issued to the person.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-318" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing"> <text>When the Secretary makes a determination to suspend or revoke the license of a private home detention monitoring agency, the Secretary shall immediately notify:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the administrative judge for the circuit court in each of the counties where the private home detention monitoring agency monitors individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the administrative judge for the District Court in each of the districts where the private home detention monitoring agency monitors individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-401" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Responsibilities of Private Home Detention Monitoring Agency"> <level label="a"> <text>A private home detention monitoring agency shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>monitor individuals in accordance with any applicable orders of court;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>monitor 24 hours a day and 7 days a week individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>utilize electronic equipment or other monitoring methods that meet or exceed standards established in regulations by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, on determining that a defendant subject to private home detention monitoring under the provisions of § 5–201(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article has violated a condition of home detention monitoring, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the defendant shall notify within 24 hours:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the court that ordered private home detention monitoring as a condition of the defendant’s pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the designated law enforcement agency, as determined by the court, in Baltimore City or the county where the court is located.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On determining that a defendant subject to private home detention monitoring under the provisions of § 5–201(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article has tampered with home detention monitoring equipment or failed to maintain home detention monitoring equipment as required by a court order, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the defendant shall notify within 1 hour:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the court that ordered private home detention monitoring as a condition of the defendant’s pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the designated law enforcement agency, as determined by the court, in Baltimore City or the county where the court is located.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On determining that a defendant subject to private home detention monitoring under the provisions of § 5–201(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article has entered an area that the defendant is expressly prohibited from entering as a condition of pretrial release, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the defendant shall notify immediately:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the court that ordered private home detention monitoring as a condition of the defendant’s pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the designated law enforcement agency, as determined by the court, in Baltimore City or the county where the court is located.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, on determining that an individual who is subject to private home detention monitoring as a condition of probation has violated a condition of home detention monitoring, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the individual shall notify within 24 hours the Division of Parole and Probation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On determining that an individual who is subject to private home detention monitoring as a condition of probation has tampered with home detention monitoring equipment, or failed to maintain home detention monitoring equipment as required by a court order, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the individual shall notify within 1 hour the Division of Parole and Probation.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On determining that an individual who is subject to private home detention monitoring as a condition of probation has entered an area that the individual is expressly prohibited from entering as a condition of pretrial release, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring the individual shall notify immediately the Division of Parole and Probation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>A private home detention monitoring agency may not knowingly fail to give notice as required by this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may impose a civil penalty on a private home detention monitoring agency for a violation of this subsection that does not exceed:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$1,000 for the first day for which the private home detention monitoring agency fails to give notice; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$250 for each subsequent day the private home detention monitoring agency fails to give notice.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>On request by the Division of Parole and Probation, the private home detention monitoring agency responsible for monitoring an individual who is subject to monitoring as a condition of probation shall forward a report of the individual’s compliance during the monitoring period.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A report under subsection (e) of this section, at a minimum, shall include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the conditions of monitoring set by the sentencing court;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>all infractions that the individual has committed during the monitoring period, even if the infraction did not result in a reported violation to the Division of Parole and Probation or the sentencing court; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any other information in the possession of the private home detention monitoring agency concerning the individual that the Division of Parole and Probation determines is relevant.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-501" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Agency Responsibility"> <text>A licensed private home detention monitoring agency is responsible for the acts of each of its employees while the employee is conducting the business of the agency.</text> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-601" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Bond and Insurance Requirements"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to this section, an applicant for a license shall execute a bond that is conditioned on the faithful and honest conduct of the applicant and runs to the State for the benefit of any person injured by any wrongful act of the applicant that is willful or malicious.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The applicant shall submit the bond to the Secretary with the license application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The amount of the bond required under subsection (a) of this section shall be at least $2,500.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The total liability of the surety to all insured persons under the bond may not exceed the penal sum of the bond.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A licensee shall keep in effect at all times a bond that meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If a licensee’s bond is canceled, forfeited, or terminated by the surety, the surety immediately shall notify the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If a surety fails to notify the Secretary as required by this subsection, the bond shall continue in effect until the notice is given to the Secretary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-602" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Bond and Insurance Requirements"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to maintain a specific minimum amount of general liability insurance.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the Secretary adopts regulations under subsection (a) of this section, a private home detention monitoring agency shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>submit proof of the insurance to the Secretary; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>notify the Secretary if the insurance is canceled, forfeited, or otherwise terminated.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the Secretary adopts regulations under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may not issue a license to an applicant unless the applicant submits proof of the insurance required by regulation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="20-701" title_number="20" title_name="Private Home Detention" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not operate a private home detention monitoring agency in the State unless the Secretary has issued a license to the person.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who willfully and knowingly violates this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text> </level> </section>