(a) An applicant for a certificate shall: (1) submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides; (2) pay to the Commission an application fee set by the Commission; (3) apply to the Central Repository for a national and State criminal history records check on a form approved by the Director of the Central Repository; (4) submit to the Central Repository a complete set of legible fingerprints taken at any designated State or local law enforcement office in the State or other agency or location approved by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; (5) pay the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check; and (6) pay the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to the State criminal history records. (b) The Central Repository shall provide to the Commission: (1) the national and State criminal history records of each applicant requiring a criminal history records check under subsection (a) of this section and a printed statement listing any convictions and pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to any criminal charge; and (2) an quiring a criminal history records check under subsection (a) of this section and a printed statement listing any convictions and pleas of guilty or nolo contendere to any criminal charge; and (2) an acknowledged receipt of the application for a criminal history records check by an applicant requiring a criminal history records check. (c) Information obtained by the Commission from the Central Repository under this section shall be confidential and may be disseminated only to the individual who is the subject of the criminal history records check.
Maryland Legal Code