Section 10-236.3 – Ocean City
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The Ocean City Police Department may request from the Central Repository State and national criminal history records checks for each taxi driver applicant in Ocean City. (c) (1) As part of the application for a […]
Section 10-237 – Established
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby entered into and enacted with any and all of the states and the federal government legally joining the Compact in the form substantially as follows.
Section 10-238 – Electronic Information Sharing System
(a) This Compact organizes an electronic information sharing system among the federal government and the states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law, such as background checks for governmental licensing and employment. (b) Under this Compact, the FBI and the party states agree to maintain detailed databases of their […]
Section 10-239 – Definitions
(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. (c) “Compact officer” means: (1) with respect to the federal government, an official so designated by the Director of the FBI; and (2) with respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the state’s criminal history records […]
Section 10-231.2 – Caroline County
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The Director of Human Resources of Caroline County may request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective employee or volunteer of Caroline County. (c) (1) As part […]
Section 10-240 – Purposes of the Compact
The purposes of this Compact are to: (1) provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses; (2) require the FBI to permit use of the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File by each party state, and to […]
Section 10-232 – Carroll County
(a) This section does not apply to a person who provides services or performs duties voluntarily and without compensation for the government of Carroll County. (b) The County Commissioners of Carroll County may request a State and national criminal history records check from the Central Repository for: (1) a current or prospective employee of Carroll County who is […]
Section 10-241 – Responsibilities of Fbi Director and Party State Under Compact
(a) The Director of the FBI shall: (1) appoint an FBI Compact officer who shall: (i) administer this Compact within the Department of Justice and among federal agencies and other agencies and organizations that submit search requests to the FBI pursuant to Section 10-243(c) of this subtitle; (ii) ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and standards prescribed by […]
Section 10-232.1 – Dorchester County
(a) In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. (b) The Director of Human Resources of Dorchester County may request from the Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective employee or volunteer of Dorchester County. (c) (1) As part […]
Section 10-242 – Criminal History Records
(a) To the extent authorized by Section 552A of Title 5, (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”), the FBI shall provide on request criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to state criminal history records repositories for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved […]