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In determining whether a criminal conviction directly relates to a position, the Authority shall consider the following criteria: (i) the nature and seriousness of the crime; (ii) the relationship of the crime to the work to be performed in the position applied for; (iii) the extent to which the position applied for might offer an opportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in which the applicant had been involved; (iv) the relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity, or fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the position being sought; (v) the extent and nature of the applicant’s past criminal activity; (vi) the age of the applicant at the time of the commission of the crime; (vii) the amount of time that has elapsed since the applicant’s last involvement in the commission of a crime; (viii) the conduct and work activity of the applicant prior to and following the criminal activity; and (ix) evidence of the applicant’s rehabilitation or rehabilitative effort while incarcerated or following release.\n\t\tIf an applicant is denied employment because of information appearing in his criminal history record, the Authority shall notify the applicant that information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to such denial. The criminal history record information obtained pursuant to this section shall be used solely to determine an applicant’s eligibility for employment by the Authority and access to restricted areas of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in compliance with 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 44936 and shall otherwise be confidential.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":215296,"text":"The police department of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as established in Chapter 10 (\u00a7 5.1-152 et seq.) of Title 5.1 may require an applicant, upon conditional offer of employment with the Authority, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the chief of the police department of the Authority or his designee, provided the designee is an employee of the police department of the Authority. In determining whether a criminal conviction directly relates to a position, the Authority shall consider the following criteria: (i) the nature and seriousness of the crime; (ii) the relationship of the crime to the work to be performed in the position applied for; (iii) the extent to which the position applied for might offer an opportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in which the applicant had been involved; (iv) the relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity, or fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the position being sought; (v) the extent and nature of the applicant’s past criminal activity; (vi) the age of the applicant at the time of the commission of the crime; (vii) the amount of time that has elapsed since the applicant’s last involvement in the commission of a crime; (viii) the conduct and work activity of the applicant prior to and following the criminal activity; and (ix) evidence of the applicant’s rehabilitation or rehabilitative effort while incarcerated or following release.\n\t\tIf an applicant is denied employment because of information appearing in his criminal history record, the Authority shall notify the applicant that information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to such denial. 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 57<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85067,"section_number":"5.1-152","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-152\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170439,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58752,"identifier":"19.2-389.2","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389.2","url":"\/19.2-389.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-389.2\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Background checks of applicants of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-389.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The police department of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as established in Chapter 10 (\u00a7 5.1-152<\/a> et seq.) of Title 5.1 may require an applicant, upon conditional offer of employment with the Authority, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the chief of the police department of the Authority or his designee, provided the designee is an employee of the police department of the Authority. In determining whether a criminal conviction<\/span> directly relates to a position, the Authority shall consider the following criteria: (i) the nature and seriousness of the crime<\/span>; (ii) the relationship of the crime<\/span> to the work to be performed in the position applied for; (iii) the extent to which the position applied for might offer an opportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in which the applicant had been involved; (iv) the relationship of the crime<\/span> to the ability, capacity, or fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the position being sought; (v) the extent and nature of the applicant’s past criminal activity; (vi) the age of the applicant at the time of the commission of the crime<\/span>; (vii) the amount of time that has elapsed since the applicant’s last involvement in the commission of a crime<\/span>; (viii) the conduct and work activity of the applicant prior to and following the criminal activity; and (ix) evidence<\/span> of the applicant’s rehabilitation or rehabilitative effort while incarcerated or following release.\n\t\tIf an applicant is denied employment because of information appearing in his criminal history record, the Authority shall notify the applicant that information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to such denial. The criminal history record information obtained pursuant to this section shall be used solely to determine an applicant’s eligibility for employment by the Authority and access to restricted areas of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in compliance with 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 44936 and shall otherwise be confidential.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBACKGROUND CHECKS OF APPLICANTS OF THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS\nAUTHORITY (\u00a7 19.2-389.2)\n\nThe police department of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as\nestablished in Chapter 10 (\u00a7 5.1-152 et seq.) of Title 5.1 may require an\napplicant, upon conditional offer of employment with the Authority, to submit to\nfingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded\nalong with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal\nRecords Exchange and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of\nobtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s\nrecord or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the chief\nof the police department of the Authority or his designee, provided the designee\nis an employee of the police department of the Authority. In determining whether\na criminal conviction directly relates to a position, the Authority shall\nconsider the following criteria: (i) the nature and seriousness of the crime;\n(ii) the relationship of the crime to the work to be performed in the position\napplied for; (iii) the extent to which the position applied for might offer an\nopportunity to engage in further criminal activity of the same type as that in\nwhich the applicant had been involved; (iv) the relationship of the crime to the\nability, capacity, or fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the\nresponsibilities of the position being sought; (v) the extent and nature of the\napplicant’s past criminal activity; (vi) the age of the applicant at the\ntime of the commission of the crime; (vii) the amount of time that has elapsed\nsince the applicant’s last involvement in the commission of a crime;\n(viii) the conduct and work activity of the applicant prior to and following the\ncriminal activity; and (ix) evidence of the applicant’s rehabilitation or\nrehabilitative effort while incarcerated or following release.\n\t\tIf an applicant is denied employment because of information appearing in his\ncriminal history record, the Authority shall notify the applicant that\ninformation obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to\nsuch denial. The criminal history record information obtained pursuant to this\nsection shall be used solely to determine an applicant’s eligibility for\nemployment by the Authority and access to restricted areas of Ronald Reagan\nWashington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport in\ncompliance with 49 U.S.C. \u00a7 44936 and shall otherwise be confidential.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 57.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}