(a)    In this section, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

(b)    The City of Frederick Police Department may request from the Central Repository State and national criminal history records checks for each taxi driver applicant in the City of Frederick.

(c)    (1)    As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the City of Frederick Police Department shall submit to the Central Repository:

(i)    two complete sets of the taxi driver applicant’s legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(ii)    the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of this subtitle for access to Maryland criminal history records; and

(iii)    the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.

(2)    In accordance with §§ 10–201 through 10–234 of this subtitle, the Central Repository shall forward to the taxi driver applicant and the City of Frederick Police Department the taxi driver applicant’s criminal history record information.

(d)    Information obtained from the Central Repository under this section:

(1)    is confidential and may not be redisseminated; and

(2)    may be used only for the employment purpose authorized by this section.

(e)    A taxi driver applicant who is the subject of a criminal history records check under this section may contest the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided in § 10–223 of this subtitle.