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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="7-103" title_number="7" title_name="Employment in the State Personnel Management System" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appointing authority may request a State and national criminal history records check from the Central Repository for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a person who is selected for a position in the State Personnel Management System; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a current employee who is eligible and is being recommended for transfer, promotion, or reassignment to a position in the State Personnel Management System.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The appointing authority shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each prospective or current employee for whom a records check is sought under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the appointing authority shall submit to the Central Repository:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two complete sets of the prospective or current employee’s legible fingerprints taken in a format 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 the Criminal Procedure Article for access to criminal history record information; 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="4">
      <text>In accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the prospective or current employee and the appointing authority the prospective or current employee’s criminal history record information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Information obtained from the Central Repository under this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is confidential and may not be redisseminated; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be used only for employment purposes authorized under Division I of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who is 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 the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations, guidelines, and policies to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
