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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-302" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Shielding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to a conviction of a domestically related crime under § 6–233 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A shielded record shall remain fully accessible by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>criminal justice units for legitimate criminal justice purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>prospective or current employers or government licensing agencies that are subject to a statutory or  regulatory requirement or authorization to inquire into the criminal background of an applicant or employee for purposes of carrying out that requirement or authorization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a person that is authorized or required to inquire into an individual’s criminal background under § 5–561(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of the Family Law Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the person who is the subject of the shielded record and that person’s attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>health occupations boards established under the Health Occupations Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission established under Title 13, Subtitle 33 of the Health – General Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a person that uses volunteers who care for or supervise children;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a person that attests under the penalty of perjury that the person employs or seeks to employ an individual to care for or supervise a minor or vulnerable adult, as defined in § 3–604 of the Criminal Law Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a person  who is accessing a shielded record on behalf of and with written authorization from a person or governmental entity described in items (1) through (8) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
