ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

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ICPC STATE Pages

Maryland

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern · Phone: Charles Gentemann, DCA, ICPC & ICAMA and Unit Supervisor (410) 767-7159 Cell 443-902-3435 and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) · Fax: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and send - no longer fax - all correspondence or send via NEICE or encrypted e-mail.

Maryland Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Maryland requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Parent

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology
Finger Print cards
Other, specified below

Live Scan is available on a limited basis across the State. Finger Print card processing is available State-wide.

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

State
Local
Other, specified below

If the FBI CJIS report is preliminarily postive for a past or pending disposition, the FBI’s national repository report from Clarksburg, WV is also needed (see http://www.FBI.gov), however, the applicant’s consent & release of same report to the MD Local DSS is needed to complete the home study - these reports cannot be sent directly by the FBI to the MD Local.

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

- State and FBI CJIS (Criminal Justice Information System) reports are required. US DOJ, FBI-CJIS (from Clarksburg, WV) via the applicant is needed only when a prelminarily positive FBI report is received.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

Essentially any violent felony convictions or prohibited convictions per the Social Security Act sec.471[42 u.s.c. 671)(9) or any felony convictions that could be detrimental to the safety of a child or valid court order prohibiting contact with children.

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Maryland requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):

Federal State Local ANR NR

Foster Care y y y

Relative y y y

Relative Foster Care y y y

Adoption y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y

Parent y y y

	Federal	State	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y
Relative	y	y	y
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y
Parent	y	y	y

Maryland provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 4-7 days

Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 61-180 days

Local/County: Not Offered

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

Checks valid for 24 months