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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="2-502" title_number="2" title_name="Law Enforcement Procedures; Arrest Process" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Facial Recognition Technology">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, results generated by facial recognition technology may not be introduced in a criminal proceeding or in a delinquency proceeding under Title 3, Subtitle 8A of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, results generated by facial recognition technology may be considered or introduced as evidence in connection with a criminal proceeding only for the purpose of establishing probable cause or positive identification:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in connection with the issuance of a warrant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at a preliminary hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, results generated by facial recognition technology may not serve as the sole basis to establish probable cause or the positive identification of an individual in a criminal investigation or proceeding.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Probable cause or positive identification may be established using facial recognition technology only if the results are supported by additional, independently obtained evidence establishing probable cause or a positive identification.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
