Section 5-554 – Duties of Department
(a) (1) (i) The Department shall conduct the criminal history records check and issue the printed statement provided for under this Part V of this subtitle. (ii) It shall update an initial criminal history records check for an employee, employer, or individual identified in § 5–551(c), (d), (e), or (f) of this subtitle and issue a revised printed statement […]
Section 5-610 – Joinder by Other Jurisdiction; Withdrawal From Compact
This compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and with the consent of Congress, the government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any such jurisdiction when such jurisdiction has enacted […]
Section 5-554.1 – Cross-Reference Check
The State Department of Education shall conduct a cross–reference check, including cross–referencing the individual and the individual’s address, with the central registry of registrants transmitted weekly by the Department under § 11–713 of the Criminal Procedure Article, of: (1) an employee, employer, or individual identified in § 5–551(b)(1), (b)(2), or (c)(5)(i) of this subtitle; and (2) an […]
Section 5-611 – Liberal Construction; Severability
The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to […]
Section 5-555 – Contesting Findings
An individual may contest the finding of a criminal conviction, a probation before judgment disposition, a not criminally responsible disposition, or pending charge reported in a printed statement in accordance with §§ 10–223 through 10–228 of the Criminal Procedure Article.
Section 5-702 – Legislative Policy
The purpose of this subtitle is to protect children who have been the subject of abuse or neglect by: (1) mandating the reporting of any suspected abuse or neglect; (2) giving immunity to any individual who reports, in good faith, a suspected incident of abuse or neglect; (3) requiring prompt investigation of each reported suspected incident of abuse […]
Section 5-556 – Failure to Disclose Prior Conviction or Existence of Pending Charge
(a) An individual who fails to disclose a conviction, a probation before judgment disposition, a not criminally responsible disposition, or the existence of pending charges for a criminal offense or attempted criminal offense as required under § 5–553 of this subtitle shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction is subject to the penalty provided by […]
Section 5-540 – Local Boards — Established
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, there shall be at least 1 local board of review for minor children in out–of–home care in each county. (b) Instead of a local board in each county, 2 or more counties may agree to establish a single multicounty local board in accordance with a memorandum of […]
Section 5-541 – Local Boards — Membership
(a) (1) A local board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor. (2) If a single multicounty local board is established for 2 or more counties, and if it is necessary that 1 or more of those counties have a greater number of members on the local board in order for the local board to have 7 […]
Section 5-542 – Local Boards — Chair
(a) From among its members, each local board shall elect a chair by majority vote. (b) The term of the chair is 4 years.