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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-221" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Justice Information System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To carry out this subtitle and to establish, operate, and maintain the criminal justice information system:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Secretary shall adopt regulations consistent with this subtitle for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>units in the Executive Branch of government; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>criminal justice units that are not in the Judicial Branch of government; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland under Article IV, § 18 of the Maryland Constitution shall adopt rules consistent with this subtitle for the Judicial Branch of government.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to Title 3.5, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, the regulations adopted by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1) of this section and the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Maryland under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>regulate the collection, reporting, and dissemination of criminal history record information by a court and criminal justice units;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ensure the security of the criminal justice information system and criminal history record information reported to and collected from it;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>regulate the dissemination of criminal history record information in accordance with Subtitle 1 of this title and this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>regulate the procedures for inspecting and challenging criminal history record information;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>regulate the auditing of criminal justice units to ensure that criminal history record information is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>accurate and complete; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>collected, reported, and disseminated in accordance with Subtitle 1 of this title and this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>regulate the development and content of agreements between the Central Repository and criminal justice units and noncriminal justice units; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>regulate the development of a fee schedule and provide for the collection of the fees for obtaining criminal history record information for other than criminal justice purposes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
