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38-13-7
Section 38-13-7 Duties of Departments of Public Safety and Human Resources; review of
determinations. (a) Criminal history background information checks shall be performed by the
Department of Public Safety upon request by an employer, child care facility, adult care facility,
or child placing agency authorized to make a request, or the Department of Human Resources.
The Department of Public Safety shall provide a criminal history background check within a
reasonable time of the receipt of the request. National criminal history background checks
shall be requested by the Department of Public Safety from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
within a reasonable time of the request. The Department of Public Safety, upon receipt of
the criminal history background report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall forward
the report to the Department of Human Resources within a reasonable period. (b) Criminal history
background information reports shall be sent from the Department of...
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38-13-8
Section 38-13-8 Confidentiality and disclosure of reports. (a) All reports of criminal
history background information received by the Department of Human Resources from the Department
of Public Safety shall be confidential and marked confidential with no further disclosure
and shall not be made available for public inspection. (b) All criminal history background
information reports shall be excluded from any requirement of public disclosure as a public
record. (c) Without additional public disclosure, the following release of the criminal history
background information report shall not be construed to violate this section: (1) Showing
the report to the applicant or current employee. (2) Release of the report to a court of competent
jurisdiction in the event of litigation brought by the applicant or employee. (3) Release
of the report to a court of competent jurisdiction upon a finding that the information is
material to the issues of the case before the court. (4) Use of the report in...
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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE
FACILITY. A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or
certification to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person
or entity who submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to
the Department of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment
or for a volunteer position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult
care facility. With regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the
term includes an adult household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes
an individual who submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the
Department of Human Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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38-7-3
Section 38-7-3 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Requirements; recordkeeping;
parental notifications, etc.; affidavits; inspections and investigations. (a) No person, group
of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined
in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except
as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to
a child-care facility that is operating as an integral part of a local church ministry or
a religious nonprofit school, and is so recognized in the church or school's documents, whether
operated separately or as a part of a religious nonprofit school unit, secondary school unit,
or institution of higher learning under the governing board or authority of the local church
or its convention, association, or regional body to which it may be subject. (2) A child-care
facility that receives state or federal funds or is operating for...
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38-13-6
Section 38-13-6 Fees. (a) A nonrefundable fee to be paid for the criminal history background
information check shall conform to the guidelines promulgated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5119,
the National Child Protection Act of 1993, and state law. (b) The Department of Public Safety
may charge a fee in the amount prescribed in Section 32-2-61, of Title 32, for the
cost of processing the request. The Department of Public Safety shall charge no larger fee
for requests than charged for requests received from those entities. The fee charged for criminal
history background information checks shall not exceed the statutory and regulatory amounts
set under existing guidelines and no additional administrative fees, except for the cost of
mailings, shall be charged which would increase the cost of the criminal history background
information check. (c) An applicant for employment shall be responsible for the cost of the
criminal history background information check. An applicant shall not be...
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38-13-1
Section 38-13-1 Legislative findings and intent. Under the National Child Protection
Act of 1993, Public Law 103-209, 42 U.S.C. § 5119, et seq., the states are permitted to implement
a computerized information system to provide child abuse crime information through the Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Criminal History Record Information System. The states may
conduct a nationwide criminal history background check for the purpose of determining whether
an individual who shall have unsupervised access to children, the elderly, or individuals
with disabilities has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the fitness of the individual
to provide care to or have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children, the elderly,
or individuals with disabilities as defined in this chapter. The Legislature finds that there
is an important state interest and it is in the best interest of the children, the elderly,
and individuals with disabilities of Alabama to protect them from...
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38-13-4
Section 38-13-4 Mandatory criminal history check notice; suitability determinations;
checks on subsequent activity. (a) Every employer, child care facility, adult care facility,
the Department of Human Resources, and child placing agency required to obtain a criminal
history background information check pursuant to this chapter shall obtain, prior to or upon
the date of employment, or issuance of a license or approval or renewal thereof, and maintain
in the agency or personnel file, a request with written consent for the criminal history background
information check and a statement signed by the applicant, volunteer, or employee indicating
whether he or she has ever been convicted of a crime, and if so, fully disclosing all convictions.
The statement shall include a notice and questionnaire the same as or similar to the following:
(1) MANDATORY CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK NOTICE: Alabama law requires that a criminal history
background information check be conducted on all persons who hold a...
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16-22A-33
Section 16-22A-33 Submission of additional reports; suitability determination. Upon
request of the State Superintendent of Education, the Department of Public Safety shall request
and obtain nationwide criminal history background information reports from the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and statewide criminal history background information reports from the Alabama
Bureau of Investigation for each current public certified employee and current public noncertified
employee within a reasonable time after receipt of the request. Within a reasonable time after
receipt of the reports, the Department of Public Safety shall submit both the nationwide and
statewide criminal history background information reports directly to the State Department
of Education. (1) If the criminal history background information reports pertain to a current
public certified employee, the State Superintendent of Education shall review the criminal
history record information reports and make a diligent effort to...
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16-22A-9
Section 16-22A-9 Collection and transfer of fingerprints, fees, and information. (a)
Local employing boards and other public authorized employers required to obtain criminal history
background information checks under this chapter shall collect and forward to the State Department
of Education, two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable
fee, when applicable, from applicants for certification, applicants for public employment,
or public current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to
a child or children. (b) Nonpublic school employers shall voluntarily collect and forward
two complete acceptable sets of fingerprints, written consent, and nonrefundable fee, when
applicable, from applicants for nonpublic employment, nonpublic current employees, or nonpublic
current employees under review, who have or seek to have unsupervised access to a child or
children, to the Department of Public Safety to request a criminal history...
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16-22A-10
Section 16-22A-10 Confidentiality of information. (a)(1) Any criminal history background
information reports received by the State Department of Education from the Department of Public
Safety shall be confidential, conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed
or made available for public inspection. (2) Any criminal history background information report
received by a local employing board from the State Department of Education shall be confidential,
conspicuously marked as confidential, and not further disclosed or made available for public
inspection. (b) All criminal history background information reports are specifically excluded
from any requirement of public disclosure as a public record as the Legislature finds these
documents to be sensitive personnel records. (c) Transmittal of any criminal history background
information at any time shall be accomplished in a nontransparent package, sealed, and marked
confidential with instructions to be opened only by the...
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