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
Place of abode, domicile, or dwelling with intention to remain permanently and continuously
or for an indefinite or uncertain length of time. (30) SEX CRIME. Includes any sex offense
listed in Section 15-20A-5. (31) SUITABILITY CRITERIA. a. Convictions for any of the following
crimes shall make an individual unsuitable for employment, volunteer work, approval, or licensure:
1. A violent offense as defined in Section 12-25-32. 2. A sex crime. 3. A crime that involves
the physical or mental injury or maltreatment of a child, the elderly, or an individual
with disabilities. 4. A crime committed against a child. 5. A crime involving the sale or
distribution of a controlled substance. 6. A crime or offense committed in another state or
under federal law which would constitute any of the above crimes in this state. b. Conviction
for any crime listed in the Adoption and Safe Families Act, 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(20) shall
disqualify a person from being approved or continuing to be approved...
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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
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 those persons who may inflict
physical or mental injury or abuse, sexual abuse or exploitation, or maltreatment or
other mistreatment upon children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. Therefore,
it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the implementation of a system that allows
the Department of Human Resources, licensed child placing agencies, and child and adult care
facilities to ensure that current licensees, license and volunteer applicants, prospective
employees, current employees, and volunteers are suitable for...
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38-13-4
or provides any misleading information on the statement is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and imprisonment for not
more than one year. (2) Convictions for any of the following crimes shall make an individual
unsuitable for employment, volunteer work, approval, or licensure: "a. A violent offense
as defined in Section 12-25-32. "b. A sex crime as defined in Section 15-20A-5. "c.
A crime that involves the physical or mental injury or maltreatment of a child, the
elderly, or an individual with disabilities. "d. A crime committed against a child as
defined in Section 38-13-2. "e. A crime involving the sale or distribution of a controlled
substance. "f. A crime or offense committed in another state or under federal law which
would constitute any of the above crimes in this state. "g. Conviction for a crime listed
in the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 671(a)(20), shall
disqualify 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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