Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 24 - Mental Health
Part 1 - Policies of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health
Chapter 9 - Personnel
Subchapter 1 - Fingerprinting and Background Checks
Rule 24-1-9.1.5 - INFORMATION
Current through September 24, 2024
A. No information received shall be re-disseminated to the fingerprinted person or any other employee not authorized by personnel, except as required by other pertinent law, and/or to inform the person of a negative result of such a check.
B. If no disqualifying record is identified at the state level, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the Department of Public Safety to the FBI for a national criminal history record check.
C. All records shall be received from the FBI via a secure fax machine or other secured means and shall be retained in a secure place for a minimum of thirty (30) days from the time the decision of whether or not to hire is made. After thirty (30) days, the records must then be destroyed by means of shredding.
Miss Code Ann. § 41-4-1 et seq. and § 41-4-7.