2023 Maryland Statutes
Business Occupations and Professions
Title 20 - Private Home Detention
Subtitle 2 - Duties of Secretary
Section 20-201 - Duties
(a) In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Secretary shall adopt and enforce regulations to carry out this title, including regulations that establish:
(1) minimum standards for electronic equipment capable of monitoring 24 hours per day individuals who are under a court order that requires monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency;
(2) minimum training and experience requirements for a private home detention monitoring agency licensee and for a private home detention monitor; and
(3) the minimum number of private home detention monitors that shall be on duty in relation to the number of defendants being monitored.
(b) The Secretary shall:
(1) maintain a roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies that includes:
(i) a telephone number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during normal business hours; and
(ii) a telephone or pager number at which a person who operates a licensed private home detention monitoring agency can be reached during nonbusiness hours;
(2) annually disseminate the roster of licensed private home detention monitoring agencies to:
(i) the administrative judge for the District Court in each district;
(ii) the administrative judge for the circuit court in each county; and
(iii) the Administrative Office of the Courts; and
(3) notify the agencies listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection when the license of a private home detention monitoring agency is suspended or revoked.