3-6C-26. Criminal background checks for certain executive branch employees. Each current or new executive branch employee, whose duties include access to confidential information obtained from the United States Internal Revenue Service or from an authorized secondary source, shall submit to and successfully pass a state and federal criminal background investigation. The employee shall submit to a fingerprint check by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation before being granted access to any confidential information. The appointing authority shall submit the completed fingerprint card to the Division of Criminal Investigation. In addition to the initial criminal background investigation, each employee shall submit to a criminal background investigation every ten years thereafter. The human resources commissioner may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish policies for exempt employees concerning the procedure for submitting fingerprints and completing the criminal background investigation. The commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish policies for civil service employees concerning the procedure for submitting fingerprints and completing the criminal background investigation.

The appointing authority may pay any fee charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation for any person whose employment is subject to the requirements of this section.

Source: SL 2017, ch 24, § 1.