How to Start a Fingerprinting Business in Maryland

1. State Regulation Knowledge:

The fingerprinting regulations in Maryland are as follows.

• Accepts private applications for live scan
• Accepts Fingerprint Cards
• Electronic fingerprinting can be done commercially and statewide (AKA, Live Scan)

Now if those bullet points do not make complete sense that's fine. See the explanations below.

The private provider application for those who want to do live scan in Maryland is available to go through here.

The private provider application will need you to have had training, experience, and other items related to the state of Maryland in order to operate a business.

The live scan connection process typically includes the need for fingerprinting scanning hardware, software, and a company to assist in facilitating the connection.

In Maryland you are able to process fingerprint cards instead of performing liv scan services.

"Accepting fingerprint cards" means that if the state is requiring a fingerprint card to be done, then that card can be done by you without any licenses or other requirements. These cards for Maryland are typically called "Maryland CJIS Cards" and are done when a person is residing out of state or has another specific scenario.

Fingerprint cards can also be for federal reasons or "commercial" reasons which anyone can do regardless of what state you are in.

A license is not required to conduct ink fingerprinting services and live scan in the state of Maryland. If electronic fingerprinting is going to be the business model for someone in the state of Maryland, you will need to complete a private provider application with Maryland state.

Commercial electronic fingerprinting or "live scan" can be done federally without needing to go through the Maryland specific private provide application as well.

2. Fingerprinting Skills

We always suggest to seek professional training to be confident in rolling fingerprints for the state of Maryland. You can inquire about training by taking the fingerprinting.org official courses by clicking here to get certified.

3. Marketing Strategy

For marketing we suggest creating the following to get started.

• Google Business Profile
• Website
• Listing on a referral site

Maryland is a great state to do fingerprinting in. As long as you have a solid plan, the right materials, and take action!