151B.021 Criminal background checks required for specified employees and
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(1)The Education and Labor Cabinet shall require a national and state criminal
background check for every prospective and current employee of the cabinet or
its agencies, including contract staff, with access to or use of federal tax
information. The criminal background investigation shall include a fingerprint
check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and Federal Bureau of
Investigation, pursuant to the following requirements:
(a)The cabinet shall require each employee with access to or use of federal
tax information to submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints to the
Department of Kentucky State Police on a fingerprint card issued by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(b)The Department of Kentucky State Police shall submit the fingerprint card
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal background
check after a state criminal background check is conducted;
(c)The results of a national and state criminal background check shall not be
distributed or otherwise released by the cabinet, except that the cabinet:
1. Shall provide an employee the results of his or her national and
state criminal background check upon request; and
2. May introduce the results, under seal, as evidence in a legal
proceeding that involves a challenge to any personnel action taken
by the cabinet based in whole or in part on information contained in
the results; and
(d)Any fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police or for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation background check shall be an amount no
greater than the actual cost of processing the request and conducting the
background check.
(2)The cabinet or its agencies shall promulgate administrative regulations in
accordance with this section and KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section.