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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-233.1" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Justice Information System">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Massage establishment license”:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>means a certificate, license, permit, or similar document that would allow a person to own, operate, or manage a massage establishment in Howard County; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes any renewal of a document described in item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment license”:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>means a certificate, license, permit, or similar document that would allow a person to own, operate, or manage a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment in Howard County; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes any renewal of a document described in item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Taxicab license”:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>means a certificate, license, permit, or similar document that would allow a person to own, operate, or drive a taxicab in Howard County; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes any renewal of a document described in item (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to an applicant that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is a licensed massage therapist or registered massage practitioner under Title 6 of the Health Occupations Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is the owner, manager, or operator of a sole proprietorship or other massage therapy establishment in which each massage therapist is a licensed massage therapist or registered massage practitioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits may request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check on an applicant for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a massage establishment license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a taxicab license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two complete sets of the applicant’s 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="ii">
        <text>the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of this subtitle for access to Maryland criminal history records; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In accordance with this subtitle, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the Howard County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits the applicant’s criminal history record information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is confidential and may not be disseminated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be used only for a license–related purpose concerning an applicant for a massage establishment license, a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer establishment license, or a taxicab license as authorized by this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The subject of a criminal history records check under this section may contest the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided under § 10–223 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The governing body of Howard County may adopt guidelines to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
