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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-233" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Justice Information System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County Administrator of Howard County shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each prospective employee of Howard County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Administrator of Howard County shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>two complete sets of the prospective employee’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="2">
      <text>the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of this subtitle for access to Maryland criminal history records; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the mandatory 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 this subtitle, the Central Repository shall forward to the prospective employee and the Administrator of Howard County the prospective employee’s criminal history record information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is confidential and may not be disseminated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall be used only for the employment purpose authorized by this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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>
</section>
