30:6D-65 Authorization to exchange data.

3. An individual who is a current, or prospective, community agency head, community agency employee, community care residence applicant, community care residence alternate, or community care residence household member shall submit to the Commissioner of Human Services his or her name, address, and fingerprints taken in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police for use in making the determinations required by this act. The Division of State Police shall also promptly notify the department in the event an individual who was the subject of a criminal history record background check conducted pursuant to sections 2 through 7 of P.L.1999, c.358 (C.30:6D-64 through C.30:6D-69), is convicted of a crime or offense in this State after the date that the criminal history record background check was performed. No later than 14 days from receipt of such notification, the department shall make a determination regarding the employment or qualification of the individual , and shall notify the individual and the community agency or the community care residence in writing of the determination. The written notice may be transmitted electronically if the individual authorizes the department to transmit the information electronically. No criminal history record check shall be performed pursuant to this act unless the individual shall have furnished his written consent to the check. All individuals shall have their fingerprints taken on standard fingerprint cards by a State or municipal law enforcement agency, a personnel unit of the department , or a community agency designated by the department.

L.1999, c.358, s.3; amended 2000, c.97, s.3; 2017, c.328, s.3.