2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 17 - PUBLIC SAFETY
17.185 Request to Department of Kentucky State Police to conduct background check on oneself through name-based or fingerprint-supported search -- Definitions for section -- Prerequisites and limitations on search and release of information -- Fees -- Administration regulations.
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17.185 Request to Department of Kentucky State Police to conduct
background
check
on
oneself
through
name-based
or
fingerprint-supported search -- Definitions for section -- Prerequisites and
limitations on search and release of information -- Fees -- Administration
regulations.
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As used in this section:
(a) "Fingerprint card" means the standard Federal Bureau of Investigation
FD-258 fingerprint card;
(b) "Fingerprint-supported background check" means a statewide search of
the centralized criminal history record information system created and
maintained by the Commonwealth utilizing the fingerprints of the subject
of the background check. This shall not include a national check by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(c) "Name-based background check" means a statewide search of the
centralized criminal history record information system created and
maintained by the Commonwealth utilizing the name, date of birth, and
Social Security number of the subject of the background check. This shall
not include a national check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, a person may
request the Department of Kentucky State Police to conduct a name-based or
fingerprint-supported background check of himself or herself and release the
results to any person designated by the requester.
A person requesting a fingerprint-supported background check on himself or
herself shall be fingerprinted by a law enforcement agency or other agency
approved by the Department of Kentucky State Police to submit fingerprints.
The fingerprinting agency shall forward the fingerprint card to the Department
of Kentucky State Police. The fingerprinting agency may charge a fee, not to
exceed the actual cost of processing the request.
A request for a name-based or fingerprint-supported background check shall
be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Kentucky State Police.
The Department of Kentucky State Police may charge a fee for conducting a
background check, not to exceed the actual cost of processing the request, to
be paid by the requester.
The Department of Kentucky State Police shall promulgate administrative
regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011.
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