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The cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record search shall be paid by the applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange shall forward the results of the state and federal criminal history record search to the Board, which shall be a governmental entity. If an applicant is denied licensure because of information appearing on his criminal history record and the applicant disputes the information upon which the denial was based, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall, upon written request, furnish to the applicant the procedures for obtaining a copy of the criminal history record from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Criminal Records Exchange. 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If an applicant is denied licensure because of information appearing on his criminal history record and the applicant disputes the information upon which the denial was based, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall, upon written request, furnish to the applicant the procedures for obtaining a copy of the criminal history record from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Criminal Records Exchange. 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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 307<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 324<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":242715,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77611,"identifier":"54.1-3005.1","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3005.1","url":"\/54.1-3005.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3005.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/30\/1\/54.1-3005.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal history background checks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3005.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall require each applicant for licensure as a practical nurse<\/span>, registered nurse<\/span>, or licensed massage therapist<\/span> to submit fingerprints and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with his fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant. The cost of fingerprinting and the criminal history record search shall be paid by the applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange shall forward the results of the state and federal criminal history record search to the Board<\/span>, which shall be a governmental entity. If an applicant is denied licensure because of information appearing on his criminal history record and the applicant disputes the information upon which the denial was based, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall, upon written request, furnish to the applicant the procedures for obtaining a copy of the criminal history record from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Criminal Records Exchange. The information shall not be disseminated except as provided in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS (\u00a7 54.1-3005.1)\n\nThe Board shall require each applicant for licensure as a practical nurse,\nregistered nurse, or licensed massage therapist to submit fingerprints and\nprovide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with his\nfingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau\nof Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record\ninformation regarding the applicant. The cost of fingerprinting and the criminal\nhistory record search shall be paid by the applicant.\n\t\tThe Central Criminal Records Exchange shall forward the results of the state\nand federal criminal history record search to the Board, which shall be a\ngovernmental entity. If an applicant is denied licensure because of information\nappearing on his criminal history record and the applicant disputes the\ninformation upon which the denial was based, the Central Criminal Records\nExchange shall, upon written request, furnish to the applicant the procedures\nfor obtaining a copy of the criminal history record from the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation and the Central Criminal Records Exchange. The information shall\nnot be disseminated except as provided in this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 307; 2016, c. 324.","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}}