To determine whether a permit may be issued to an applicant, the following areas shall be investigated and considered:

1. A. Verification of the information supplied by an applicant in the application;
2. B. Occupation or profession of the applicant;
3. C. Criminal record of the applicant;
4. D. The interests of justice;
5. E. Medical history of the applicant as it may pertain to the applicant's fitness to use, purchase, or possess protective body armor;
6. 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;
7. G. Validity of reasons given by the applicant;
8. H. The totality of the circumstances;
9. I. Applicant's excessive or habitual use of intoxicating beverages and drugs;
10. J. Information received from personal references and other people interviewed;
11. K. Information received from business or employment references as may be necessary in the discretion of the investigator;
12. L. Whether the applicant has any alternative available to him for protection other than wearing protective body armor; and
13. 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.

Authority: Criminal Law Article, §§4-106—4-107, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: April 28, 2003 (30:8 Md. R. 543)