§ 114-19.26. Criminal record checks of applicants for licensure as professional counselors. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 114‑19.26.  Criminalrecord checks of applicants for licensure as professional counselors.

The Department of Justice mayprovide to the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors fromthe State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories the criminal historyof any applicant for licensure or reinstatement of a license or licensee underArticle 24 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes. Along with the request, theBoard shall provide to the Department of Justice the fingerprints of the applicantor licensee, a form signed by the applicant or licensee consenting to thecriminal record check and use of fingerprints and other identifying informationrequired by the State and National Repositories, and any additional informationrequired by the Department of Justice. The applicant or licensee's fingerprintsshall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation for a search of theState's criminal history record file, and the State Bureau of Investigationshall forward a set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation fora national criminal history record check. The Board shall keep all informationobtained pursuant to this section confidential. The Department of Justice maycharge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it to conduct a criminal recordcheck under this section. The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating,editing, researching, and retrieving the information.  (2009‑367, s. 10.)