2022 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-113 - Fingerprint clearance cards; information technology positions; vital records systems; facility surveyors; definition
36-113. Fingerprint clearance cards; information technology positions; vital records systems; facility surveyors; definition
A. Each employee or contractor of the department who is employed or contracted in an information technology position or who has access to vital records systems shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1 or provide to the department documentation that the person has applied for a fingerprint clearance card. Each employee and contractor shall certify on forms that are provided by the department that the person is not awaiting trial on or has not been convicted of any of the criminal offenses listed in section 41-1758.07, subsections B and C in this state or similar offenses in another state or jurisdiction.
B. The department may not allow a person to be an employee or contractor in an information technology position or have access to vital records systems if that person has been denied a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to section 41-1758.07 or has not received an interim approval from the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41-619.55.
C. Each county employee or contractor who has access to vital records systems shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1.
D. A local registrar may not allow a person to be an employee or contractor with access to vital records systems if that person has been denied a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to section 41-1758.07 or has not received an interim approval from the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41-619.55.
E. Each employee of the department who inspects facilities with children or vulnerable adults as part of the employee's regular duties shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41, chapter 12, article 3.1 or provide to the department documentation that the person has applied for a fingerprint clearance card. Each employee shall certify on forms that are provided by the department that the employee is not awaiting trial on or has not been convicted of any of the criminal offenses listed in section 41-1758.07, subsections B and C in this state or similar offenses in another state or jurisdiction.
F. The department may not allow a person to be an employee who inspects facilities with children or vulnerable adults as part of the employee's regular duties if that person has been denied a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to section 41-1758.07 or has not received an interim approval from the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41-619.55.
G. For the purposes of this section, " vulnerable adult" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-3623.
