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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 202<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349046,"identifier":"15.2-634.1","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-634.1","url":"\/15.2-634.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-634.1\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-634.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Background checks required for certain employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-634.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As a condition of employment, any county<\/span> having the county<\/span> manager form of government shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment, whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary or contractual, at such county<\/span>’s water treatment facility after September 1, 2001, to submit to fingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded along with the applicant’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 applicant. Such applicants shall, if required by ordinance<\/span>, pay the cost of fingerprinting or a criminal records check or both.<\/p>

The Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s record or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the county<\/span> manager or his designee, who must belong to a governmental entity. If an applicant is denied employment because of the information appearing in his criminal history record, the county<\/span> shall notify the applicant that information obtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to such denial. The information shall not be disseminated except as provided for in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 15.2-634.1)\n\nAs a condition of employment, any county having the county manager form of\ngovernment shall require any applicant who is offered or accepts employment,\nwhether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary or contractual, at such\ncounty’s water treatment facility after September 1, 2001, to submit to\nfingerprinting and to provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded\nalong with the applicant’s fingerprints through the Central Criminal\nRecords Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of\nobtaining criminal history record information regarding such applicant. Such\napplicants shall, if required by ordinance, pay the cost of fingerprinting or a\ncriminal records check or both.\n\nThe Central Criminal Records Exchange, upon receipt of an applicant’s\nrecord or notification that no record exists, shall make a report to the county\nmanager or his designee, who must belong to a governmental entity. If an\napplicant is denied employment because of the information appearing in his\ncriminal history record, the county shall notify the applicant that information\nobtained from the Central Criminal Records Exchange contributed to such denial.\nThe information shall not be disseminated except as provided for in this\nsection.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 202.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}