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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-508" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On written or electronic request after verification by the Director that a match has been made in the population database, the typing results and personal identification information of the DNA profile of an individual in the statewide DNA database system may be made available to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>crime laboratories that have been approved by the Director and that serve federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a State’s Attorney’s office or other prosecutorial office; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a person participating in a judicial proceeding in which the database information may be offered as evidence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A request for DNA information under paragraph (1) of this subsection must be in furtherance of a purpose set forth in § 2–505 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The typing results and personal identification information of the DNA profile of an individual in the statewide DNA database system shall be made available to a defendant or defendant’s counsel on written order of the court in which the case is pending.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A search of the database to determine the existence of a match to DNA obtained from crime scene evidence taken in relation to the crime for which a defendant is charged shall be conducted if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the defendant requests the search; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a court issues a written order for the search.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subtitle does not limit a court from ordering discovery of a DNA record or other related material in a criminal case.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Director shall maintain a file of all orders issued under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
