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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-722" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Sex Offender Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“County board” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Juvenile registrant” has the meaning stated in § 11–704.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“State Board” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to a registrant or a juvenile registrant who enters real property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>where the registrant’s or juvenile registrant’s child is a student or receives child care, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>within the past year the registrant or juvenile registrant has been given the specific written permission of the Superintendent of Schools, the local school board, the principal of the school, or the owner or operator of the registered family child care home, licensed child care home, or licensed child care institution, as applicable; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the registrant or juvenile registrant promptly notifies an agent or employee of the school, home, or institution of the registrant’s or juvenile registrant’s presence and purpose of visit; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for the purpose of voting at a school on an election day in the State if the registrant or juvenile registrant is properly registered to vote and the registrant’s or juvenile registrant’s polling place is at the school.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a registrant or juvenile registrant may not knowingly enter onto real property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>that is used for public or nonpublic elementary or secondary education; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on which is located:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a family child care home registered under Title 5, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a child care home or a child care institution licensed under Title 5, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a home where informal child care, as defined in child care subsidy regulations adopted under Title 13A of the Code of Maryland Regulations, is being provided or will be provided to a child who does not reside there.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who enters into a contract with a county board or a nonpublic school may not knowingly employ an individual to work at a school if the individual is a registrant or juvenile registrant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A registrant or juvenile registrant who is a student may receive an education in accordance with State law in any of the following locations:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a location other than a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, including by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>participating in the Home and Hospital Teaching Program for Students; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>participating in or attending a program approved by a county board under paragraph (2) of this subsection;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a nonpublic educational program as provided by § 8–406 of the Education Article if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the registrant or juvenile registrant has notified an agent or employee of the nonpublic educational program that the registrant or juvenile registrant is required to register under this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the registrant or juvenile registrant has been given specific written permission by an agent or employee of the nonpublic educational program to attend the nonpublic educational program.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each county board shall develop and adopt a policy that enables a registrant or juvenile registrant who is a student to receive an education as described under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Board shall develop and adopt guidelines and a model policy to assist a county board with the development of a policy under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A person who violates subsection (c) or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
