Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 29 - MARYLAND STATE POLICE
Subtitle 04 - LICENSING AND PERMITS
Chapter 29.04.07 - Protective Body Armor
Section 29.04.07.05 - Criteria for Issuance of Permit
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
To determine whether a permit may be issued to an applicant, the following areas shall be investigated and considered:
A. Verification of the information supplied by an applicant in the application;
B. Occupation or profession of the applicant;
C. Criminal record of the applicant;
D. The interests of justice;
E. Medical history of the applicant as it may pertain to the applicant's fitness to use, purchase, or possess protective body armor;
F. Psychiatric or psychological background of the applicant as it may pertain to the applicant's fitness to use, purchase, or possess protective body armor;
G. Validity of reasons given by the applicant;
H. The totality of the circumstances;
I. Applicant's excessive or habitual use of intoxicating beverages and drugs;
J. Information received from personal references and other people interviewed;
K. Information received from business or employment references as may be necessary in the discretion of the investigator;
L. Whether the applicant has any alternative available to him for protection other than wearing protective body armor; and
M. The applicant's propensity for violence or instability which could reasonably render his owning, purchasing, or possessing protective body armor a danger to himself or to others.
