# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 01 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 10 — Criminal Record—Effect on Licensure

**Authority:** Business Regulation Article, §2-105, Annotated Code of Maryland;57 Attorney General Opinion 355 (1972)

**Administrative History:** Effective date: August 12, 1996 (23:16 Md. R. 1175)

#### Regulation .01 Applicability.

*COMAR 09.01.10.01*

The following standards shall be applied by an officer, commissioner, commission, and board within the Maryland Department of Labor to the extent the officer, commissioner, commission, or board has authority to  consider the effect of a criminal conviction on the grant, denial, renewal, or revocation of a license.

#### Regulation .02 Standards.

*COMAR 09.01.10.02*

The following standards shall be considered in the grant, denial, renewal, or revocation of a license, when an applicant or licensee has been convicted of a crime:

A. The nature of the crime;

B. The relationship of the crime to the activities authorized by the license;

C. The relevance of the conviction to the fitness and qualification of the applicant or licensee to perform the occupation authorized by the license;

D. Other crimes of which the applicant or licensee has been convicted;

E. The length of time since the conviction;

F. The behavior and activities of the applicant or licensee before, and subsequent to, the conviction.