                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS (§ 54.1-3484)

The Board shall require each applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or
physical therapist assistant 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: 2019, c. 300.