Frequently Asked Questions
Screening and Background Checking
- Are we required to conduct criminal history record checks?
- How can we obtain criminal history record checks?
- Are all criminal history record checks the same?
- How does the federal “Fair Credit Reporting Act” apply to criminal history record checks?
- Do the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act apply to record checks we do through a state criminal history record repository or the FBI?
- Should we look at both arrest and conviction records?
- Our organization wants to initiate criminal history record checks. What do we need to do to get started?
- Who should have access to the information we receive from criminal history record checks?
- Is checking sex offender registries an adequate background check?