PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 602

CHAPTER 602
(House Bill 42)

AN ACT concerning

Private Detective and Security Guard Certification and Agency Licensing

FOR the purpose of requiring the licensure as a security guard agency of any person who
provides certain security guard services; providing for certain exceptions; providing
for the terms and renewals of the licenses, qualifications for and duties of licensees,
display of licenses, and revocation or denial of a license in certain circumstances;
providing certain administrative, financial, and insurance responsibilities on a
licensed security guard agency; providing for the qualifications for and duties of
certified security guards; providing for the denial or revocation of security guard
certification; specifying certain prohibited acts and penalties; establishing certain
powers of and imposing certain duties on the Secretary of the State Police
concerning the licensing of security guard agencies; altering the license and renewal
fees for private detective agency licenses; narrowing the scope of private detective
agency licenses to exclude the provision of security guard services; providing that
certain persons primarily engaged in a certain business are not security guard
agencies; clarifying that a security guard is an individual that provides certain
services on behalf of a security guard agency; providing that certain private
detective agencies are not required to obtain security guard agency licenses until a
certain time; requiring the Secretary to grant security guard agency licenses to
certain licensed private detective agencies at a certain time and under certain
circumstances; clarifying that certain individuals certified as a security guard are not
required to reapply for certification under this Act; imposing certain penalties for
certain violations; providing for the application of this Act; defining certain terms;
making certain stylistic and technical changes; and generally relating to the licensing
of private detective agencies and security guard agencies and the certification of
private detectives and security guards.

BY repealing

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 13-101(k) and (l); 13-501 through 13-511, inclusive, and the subtitle
"Subtitle 5. Security Guard Services"; 13-701(c) and 13-702(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Business Occupations and Professions
Section 13-101(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

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