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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 446. State Patrol (See Titles 204 and 212) |
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Chapter 446-20. Employment—Conviction records. |
Section 446-20-230. Personnel security.
Latest version.
- (1) Agencies and contractors which collect and retrieve, or are authorized to maintain or modify, criminal history record information must: Identify those positions which are of such a sensitive nature that fingerprints of employees will be required and used to conduct a criminal record background investigation. Such background investigations will be the responsibility of the criminal justice agency and may consider the date, the disposition, number, and seriousness of any previous arrests or convictions. Decisions concerning employment will be the responsibility of the employing agency or contractor.(2) When agency or contractor personnel violate the provisions of chapter 10.97 RCW or other security requirements established through administrative code for the collection, storage and dissemination of such information, agencies or contractors, as defined by subsection (1) of this section, must initiate, or cause to be initiated, action that will ensure the integrity of records containing criminal history record information.