                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BACKGROUND CHECKS OF APPLICANTS AND EMPLOYEES (§ 33.2-1918)

A. Any commission created pursuant to this chapter may require any individual
who is offered a position of employment with the commission, or with any
contractor of the commission when such individual is to be assigned to directly
provide transit services to the public under a contract with the commission, to
submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be
forwarded along with the individual&#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 individual. The
commission shall bear all costs of obtaining criminal history record information
regarding such individual, including expenses incurred by the State Police in
connection with such fingerprinting or criminal records check. The commission
may require such individual or contractor to reimburse the commission for the
cost of the fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.

B. The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an individual&#8217;s
record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the
commission&#8217;s chief administrative officer, who must belong to a
governmental entity. The information shall not be disseminated except as
provided for in this section.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 189, 563, § 15.1-4517.1; 2014, c. 805.