Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 10-217
This is the official text of Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 10-217, part of Maryland’s Code, Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases.
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§10–217.
Official statutory text
(a) The Secretary and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall develop agreements between the Central Repository and each criminal justice unit.
(b) The agreements required by this section shall include provisions on:
(1) the method the criminal justice unit will use to report criminal history record information, including a method of identifying an offender in a way that allows other criminal justice units to locate the offender at any stage in the criminal justice system, the time of reporting, the specific data to be reported, and the place of reporting;
(2) the services the Central Repository is to provide to the criminal justice unit;
(3) the conditions and limitations on dissemination of criminal history record information by the criminal justice unit;
(4) the maintenance of security in all transactions between the Central Repository and the criminal justice unit;
(5) the method of complying with the right of a person to inspect, challenge, and correct criminal history record information that the criminal justice unit keeps;
(6) the audit requirements to be used to ensure the accuracy of criminal history record information reported or disseminated;
(7) the timetable to carry out the agreement;
(8) the penalties to be imposed if a criminal justice unit fails to comply with this subtitle, including the revocation of the agreement between the unit and the Central Repository and appropriate judicial or administrative proceedings to enforce compliance; and
(9) any other matter that the Secretary and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland consider necessary.
(b) The agreements required by this section shall include provisions on:
(1) the method the criminal justice unit will use to report criminal history record information, including a method of identifying an offender in a way that allows other criminal justice units to locate the offender at any stage in the criminal justice system, the time of reporting, the specific data to be reported, and the place of reporting;
(2) the services the Central Repository is to provide to the criminal justice unit;
(3) the conditions and limitations on dissemination of criminal history record information by the criminal justice unit;
(4) the maintenance of security in all transactions between the Central Repository and the criminal justice unit;
(5) the method of complying with the right of a person to inspect, challenge, and correct criminal history record information that the criminal justice unit keeps;
(6) the audit requirements to be used to ensure the accuracy of criminal history record information reported or disseminated;
(7) the timetable to carry out the agreement;
(8) the penalties to be imposed if a criminal justice unit fails to comply with this subtitle, including the revocation of the agreement between the unit and the Central Repository and appropriate judicial or administrative proceedings to enforce compliance; and
(9) any other matter that the Secretary and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland consider necessary.
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