15.2-634.1 - Background checks required for certain employees. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-634.1. Background checks required for certain employees.

As a condition of employment, any county having the county manager form ofgovernment shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment,whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary or contractual, atsuch county's water treatment facility after September 1, 2001, to submit tofingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to beforwarded along with the applicant's fingerprints through the CentralCriminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for thepurpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding suchapplicant. Such applicants shall, if required by ordinance, pay the cost offingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.

The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant's recordor notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the countymanager or his designee, who must belong to a governmental entity. If anapplicant is denied employment because of the information appearing in hiscriminal history record, the county shall notify the applicant thatinformation obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributedto such denial. The information shall not be disseminated except as providedfor in this section.

(2003, c. 202.)