30:6D-65 - Authorization to exchange data
30:6D-65. Authorization to exchange data3.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 69), is convicted of a crime or offense in this State after the date that the criminal history record background check was performed. Upon receipt of such notification, the community agency head, or community agency board if the individual is the community agency head, shall make a determination regarding the employment of the individual. No criminal history record check shall be performed pursuant to this act unless the applicant or employee shall have furnished his written consent to the check. All applicants or current employees 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.