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10 M.R.S. §1500-NN: Definitions
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- TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
- PART 3: REGULATION OF TRADE
- CHAPTER 247: REGULATION OF BUSINESS SCREENING SERVICES' HANDLING OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION
(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.
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.
2. Conviction. "Conviction" means any of the following accepted and recorded by the court:
A. A plea of guilty; or
B. A verdict of guilty by a jury or a finding of guilty by the court.
3. Criminal history record information. "Criminal history record information" or "record" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 3.
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