Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0780 - Commerce and Insurance
Subtitle 0780-05 - Division of Regulatory Boards
Chapter 0780-05-18 - Debt Management Services
Section 0780-05-18-.13 - FINGERPRINTING

(1) Any person required to submit electronically scanned fingerprints pursuant to the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act shall be deemed to have supplied the required sets of fingerprints if that applicant causes a private company contracted by the State to electronically transmit that applicant's classifiable prints directly to the TBI and FBI, which then forward an electronic report based on that applicant's fingerprints to the commissioner.

(2) Any person required to submit fingerprints by the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act shall make arrangements for the processing of his or her fingerprints with a company contracted by the State to provide electronic fingerprinting services and shall be responsible for the payment of any fees associated with processing of fingerprints to the respective agent authorized by the TBI and FBI. Provided, however, that the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee may authorize the submission of three (3) sets of classifiable physical fingerprint cards, at the expense of the applicant and rolled by a qualified person acceptable to the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee, for good cause.

(3) In the event an applicant furnishes unclassifiable fingerprints or fingerprints that are unclassifiable by nature, the applicant shall submit new electronic fingerprints to a company contracted by the State to provide electronic fingerprinting services, together with any additional fee(s) charged by the TBI and/or FBI for processing the new fingerprints. For the purposes of this rule, "unclassifiable prints" means that the electronic scan or the print of the person's fingerprints cannot be read, and therefore cannot be used to identify the person.

(4) In the event the State no longer contracts with any company to provide an electronic fingerprinting service, the applicant shall submit three (3) classifiable TBI and FBI fingerprint cards with his or her application and shall pay the Division all processing fees established by the TBI and FBI.

(5) All sets of classifiable fingerprints required by this rule shall be furnished at the expense of the applicant.

(6) Applicants shall in all cases be responsible for paying application fees as established by the Commissioner regardless of the manner of fingerprinting.