Sec. 10.62.18.08. Transportation Agent Registration and Criminal History Record

A. Each transportation agent shall be registered with the Commission before the agent may volunteer or work for a secure transportation company.

B. A registered secure transportation company shall apply to register a transportation agent by submitting to the Commission:

(1) The name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number of a transportation agent;

(2) Documentation of the submission of fingerprints of the transportation agent to the Central Registry; and

(3) The request for the criminal history record information of the transportation agent to be forwarded to the Commission.

C. A prospective transportation agent may not be registered if the prospective transportation agent has ever been convicted of a felony drug offense, except as provided in Health-General Article, §13-3310(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.

D. The Commission, after review of the criminal history record information, may disqualify from registration any prospective transportation agent who is convicted of or pleads nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set aside.