2551.31—Under what circumstances may I follow alternative procedures in conducting a State criminal registry check?
(a) FBI fingerprint-based check.
If you or your designee conduct and document a fingerprint-based criminal history check through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you will be deemed to have satisfied the State criminal registry check requirement and do not need separate approval by the Corporation.
(b) Name-based search.
If you conduct and document a name-based criminal history check through a source other than the FBI that, includes a check of the criminal records repository, in the State in which your program is operating, as well as in the State in which the individual lives, you will be deemed to have satisfied the State criminal registry check requirement and do not need separate approval by the Corporation.
(c) Alternative search approval.
If you demonstrate that you are prohibited or otherwise precluded under State law from complying with a Corporation requirement relating to criminal history checks or that you can obtain substantially equivalent or better information through an alternative process, the Corporation will consider approving an alternative search protocol that you submit in writing to the Office of Grants Management. The Office of Grants Management will review the alternative protocol to ensure that it:
(2)
Includes a search of an alternative criminal database that is sufficient to identify the existence, or absence of, criminal offenses.
[72 FR 48583, Aug. 24, 2007]