Tennessee § 68-140-325 - Criminal background check as condition of employment.
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§ 68-140-325. Criminal background check as condition of employment.
As a condition for employment of any licensed, certificated or authorized emergency medical services personnel, employers shall be allowed to initiate a criminal background check on any person applying for employment, or any employee that is currently employed by such employer, and such criminal background investigation shall be at the expense of the employer. Applicants shall: Provide past work history and personal references to be checked by the employer; Agree to the release of only such information and investigative records to the employer, or to any agency that contracts with this state, necessary for the purpose of verifying whether the individual has been convicted of a felony in this state; Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the federal bureau of investigation, other law enforcement agency, or any legally authorized entity; and Release any information required for a criminal background investigation by a professional background screening organization or criminal background check service or registry. Any cost incurred by the Tennessee bureau of investigation, federal bureau of investigation, professional background screening organization, law enforcement agency or other legally authorized entity, in conducting such investigations of such applicants shall be paid by such applicants. In the event that such applicants fail to pay for these incurred expenses, the responsibility for payment will fall to the employer originally requesting such criminal background checks. Payments of such cost to the Tennessee bureau of investigation are to be made in accordance with §§ 38-6-103 and 38-6-109. Acts 2004, ch. 873, § 1; T.C.A., § 68-140-525 ; Acts 2012, ch. 728, § 25. Code Commission Notes. Former § 68-140-525 was transferred to § 68-140-325 by authority of the code commission in 2011.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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