PRE-EMPLOYMENT SECURITY RECORDS CHECK

ORIGINATOR: Human Resource Administration

DATE: September, 1990

POLICY #91-2

APPLICABLE TO:

All applicants for University security positions.

RESPONSIBILITY:

The applicant must apply for a national criminal records check and request that results be provided to the University Office of Human Resource Administration.

The University Office of Human Resource Administration will maintain records on file for the length of time the applicant is employed in a security position. The University will reimburse applicants for the cost of the records check in the event that the applicant is hired.

POLICY:

In accordance with Rhode Island General Law 16-52-3 (Maintenance of Order on Campus), all applicants for University security positions are required, as a condition of their employment, to apply to the State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification for a nationwide criminal records check at his/her own expense. The applicant will request that the University Office of Human Resource Administration be provided with the results. The University will reimburse applicants subsequently hired for the cost of the national criminal records check.

PROCEDURE:

All applicants for campus security positions, as a condition of employment, will apply for a national criminal records check (including the taking of fingerprints) from the Rhode Island State Police at his/her own expense. The results will be provided, in writing, to the applicant and, at his/her request, to the University Office of Human Resource Administration which will maintain those records on file for so long as the applicant is subsequently employed by the University. Upon employment, the University will reimburse the applicant for the cost of the national criminal records check.