                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND LICENSEES (§ 15.2-1503.1)

Any locality having a local ordinance adopted in accordance with § 19.2-389 (i)
shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment with the
locality, (ii) shall require any prospective licensee for any categories of
license designated by ordinance, or (iii) may require any individual who is
offered or accepts employment with a contractor or public service corporation
that provides public transit services to the locality to submit to
fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded
along with the applicant&#8217;s or licensee&#8217;s fingerprints through the
Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the
purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding such
applicant or licensee. The locality may require such applicant or licensee to
pay the cost of the fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.
		The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant&#8217;s or
licensee&#8217;s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a
report to the county, city or town manager, or chief law-enforcement officer or
his designee, who must belong to a governmental entity. If an applicant is
denied employment or a licensee is denied a license because of the information
appearing in his criminal history record, the locality shall notify the
applicant or licensee that information obtained from the Central Criminal
Records Exchange contributed to such denial. The information shall not be
disseminated except as provided for in this section.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 742; 2004, c. 160; 2010, cc. 189, 563.