(a) Any person seeking a license from the State Lottery Office shall be required to submit fingerprints and other necessary information in order to obtain the following:

(1) A report of the individual’s entire criminal history record from the State Bureau of Identification or a statement from the State Bureau of Identification that the State Bureau of Identification Central Repository contains no such information relating to that person; and

(2) A report of the individual’s entire federal criminal history record pursuant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation appropriation of Title II of Public Law 92-544. The State Bureau of Identification shall be the intermediary for the purposes of this section and the State Lottery Office shall be the screening point for the receipt of said federal criminal history records.

(b) All information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be forwarded to the State Lottery Office, which shall access the information and make a determination of suitability for licensure. The person seeking licensure shall be provided with a copy of all information forwarded to the State Lottery Office pursuant to this subsection. Information obtained under this subsection is confidential and may only be disclosed to the Director and Deputy Director of the State Lottery Office. The State Bureau of Identification may release any subsequent criminal history to the State Lottery Office.

(c) Costs associated with obtaining criminal history information shall be paid by the person seeking licensure.

(d) A person seeking licensure shall have an opportunity to respond to the State Lottery Office regarding any information obtained pursuant to subsection (b) of this section prior to a determination of suitability for licensure. The grounds upon which a person seeking licensure may be denied consideration for a license include, but are not limited to:

(1) A conviction of a felony in this State or any other jurisdiction; or

(2) A conviction of any crime involving gambling or a crime of moral turpitude within 10 years prior to applying for a license or at any time subsequent to the granting of a license.

(e) Upon making its determination of suitability for licensure, the State Lottery Office shall forward the determination to the person seeking a license.

(f) Any person seeking a license with the State Lottery Office who has submitted to a criminal background check in this or any other state within the previous 12 months shall not be required to submit to another criminal background check; provided, however, that the person submits:

(1) the results of such previous criminal background check, including any previous federal criminal background check; and

(2) a reference from the person’s most recent employer, if any, covering the previous 12 months.

(g) The State Lottery Office shall, in the manner provided by law, promulgate regulations necessary to implement this subchapter. These regulations shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) Establishment, in conjunction with the State Bureau of Identification, of a procedure for fingerprinting persons seeking licensure with the State Lottery Office and providing the reports obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section;

(2) Establishment of a procedure to provide confidentiality of information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and of the determination of suitability for licensure.

70 Del. Laws, c. 167, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.