2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 83 - STATE INSTITUTIONS
83-1217.02 - Employees subject to criminal history record information check; fingerprints; confidentiality.

83-1217.02. Employees subject to criminal history record information check; fingerprints; confidentiality.

Each employee subject to the criminal history record information check requirements of subdivision (9) of section 83-1217 and section 83-1217.01 shall file a complete set of his or her legible fingerprints with the department. The department shall transmit such fingerprints to the Nebraska State Patrol which shall transmit a copy of the applicant's fingerprints to the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record information check.

The national criminal history record information check shall include information concerning the employee from federal repositories of such information and repositories of such information in other states if authorized by federal law. The division shall issue a report containing the results of the national criminal history record information check to the department.

The Nebraska State Patrol shall undertake a search for Nebraska criminal history record information concerning the employee. The Nebraska State Patrol shall issue a report to the department which contains the results of the criminal history record information check conducted by the Nebraska State Patrol.

The department shall issue copies of the reports to the employer listed by the employee.

Criminal history record information subject to federal confidentiality requirements shall remain confidential and may be released only upon the written authorization by the employee.

The department, in cooperation with the Nebraska State Patrol, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section. Such rules and regulations shall provide that the decision to initiate, continue, or terminate the employment of the employee is and shall remain that of the employer.