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§1500-LL
Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
Part 3: REGULATION OF TRADE
Chapter 247: REGULATION OF BUSINESS SCREENING SERVICES' HANDLING OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION
§1500-OO

§1500-NN. Definitions

(REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 10, SECTION 1500-AA)
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
1.  Business screening service.  "Business screening service" means a person regularly engaged in the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating or disseminating criminal history record information related to specific individuals for a fee. "Business screening service" does not include a government entity or the news media.  
[PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
2.  Conviction.  "Conviction" means any of the following accepted and recorded by the court:  
A. A plea of guilty; or   [PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
B. A verdict of guilty by a jury or a finding of guilty by the court.   [PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
[PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
3.  Criminal history record information.  "Criminal history record information" or "record" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 3.  
[PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW); RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2025, c. 513, §1 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. A, §56 (RAL).
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