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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-236.1" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Justice Information System">
  <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>The Director of Administration of Wicomico County may request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective or current employee of Wicomico County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the Director of Administration shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two complete sets of the prospective or current 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="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 prospective or current employee and the Director of Administration the prospective or current employee’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 redisseminated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be used only for the employment purpose 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 in § 10–223 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The County Executive of Wicomico County shall propose and the County Council of  Wicomico County shall adopt guidelines to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
