Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 4-1305.05 - Processing the criminal records check(a) The Agency or licensed child-placing agency shall forward complete sets of legible fingerprints taken on standard fingerprints cards by the Agency or licensed child-placing agency to the police or state law enforcement agency.(b) The police shall: (1) Access the District criminal records history maintained by the District government;(2) Transmit all complete sets of legible fingerprints on standard fingerprint cards to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and(3) Request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a national criminal records check and return the results to the police or state law enforcement agency.(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Agency or licensed child-placing agency shall request the law enforcement agency of each state identified in the completed information form to conduct a state criminal records check and return the results to the Agency or licensed child-placing agency, as appropriate.(2) If the Agency or licensed child-placing agency has already determined that an individual has a disqualifying conviction, it is not required to make further requests to additional states.(3) The Agency or licensed child-placing agency may also use interstate databases or systems to conduct a single check for multiple states.Sept. 23, 1977, D.C. Law 2-22, title V, § 505, formerly § 325; as added June 27, 2000, D.C. Law 13-136, § 201(f), 47 DCR 2850; Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-277, § 2(v), 48 DCR 2043; Apr. 12, 2005, D.C. Law 15-341, § 2(p), 52 DCR 2315; renumbered Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-191, §22(a)(6), 53 DCR 6794; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-306, § 202(c), 53 DCR 8610.For applicability of D.C. Law 13-277, see note following § 4-1303.01 a.