2018 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 722 - Children
Act 116 of 1973 CHILD CARE ORGANIZATIONS (722.111 - 722.128)
Section 722.115k Storage and retention of fingerprints in automated fingerprint identification system database; automatic notification.

Sec. 5k.

(1) The department of state police shall store and retain all fingerprints submitted under this act in an automated fingerprint identification system database that provides for an automatic notification at the time a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card submitted into the system matches a set of fingerprints previously submitted in accordance with this act. Upon that notification, the department of state police shall immediately notify the department and the department shall immediately contact the respective child care organization with which that individual is associated. Except for child placing agencies, the criminal history record information shall only be released to the individual to whom the criminal history record information pertains. Information in the database retained under this section is confidential, is not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed to any person except for purposes of this act or for law enforcement purposes.

(2) When the department of state police is able to participate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's automatic notification system similar to the system administered by the department of state police under subsection (1), all fingerprints submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be stored and retained. When a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card submitted into the system matches a set of fingerprints for an individual retained in accordance with this act, the department of state police shall immediately notify the department. The department shall immediately contact the child care organization with which the individual is associated if a conviction results from the arrest. Except for child placing agencies, the criminal history record information shall only be released to the individual to whom the criminal history record information pertains.

History: Add. 2007, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 256, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018