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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-306" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “nonapparent disability” means a disability or health condition that is not immediately obvious or visible.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Nonapparent disability” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Developmental disabilities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Intellectual disabilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An initial and a renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit shall allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document that the applicant has a nonapparent disability.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit of an applicant who has indicated a nonapparent disability on an application includes a notation of the nonapparent disability on the bottom of the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Consult with developmental disability and intellectual disability advocacy groups with respect to the design of the nonapparent disability notation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notify an individual with a nonapparent disability notation on a license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit that turns 18 years of age that the individual may request that the nonapparent disability notation be removed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Delete any record of an individual’s nonapparent disability notation on request by the individual at any time; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Establish public outreach efforts to educate the general public on the availability of the nonapparent disability notation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>There is no fee for a nonapparent disability notation on a license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit, including for the issuance of a corrected document if no other corrections are made.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Administration may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Require an applicant for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit to provide proof of the applicant’s nonapparent disability;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deny an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit because the nonapparent disability selected by the applicant does not match the nonapparent disability indicated on another document associated with the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article and except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, disclose for any use without a court order information related to an applicant’s:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Indication of a nonapparent disability on an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Request to remove an indication of a nonapparent disability from a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Use information disclosed by a person under this section as a basis for referring the person to the Medical Advisory Board under § 16–118 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Administration may make information described in subsection (e)(3) of this section available to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A criminal justice agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A driver licensing authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The applicant’s attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Any third party designated by the applicant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The Child Support Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Department of State Police and other interested stakeholders, shall implement training concerning interactions with individuals who have a nonapparent disability notation on their license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit.</text>
  </level>
</section>
