                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS (§ 54.1-3005.1)

The Board shall require each applicant for licensure as a practical nurse,
registered nurse, or licensed massage therapist 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.
		The 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. The information shall
not be disseminated except as provided in this section.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 307; 2016, c. 324.