Effective 5/3/2023
Repealed 5/6/2026
26B-4-215 Designated caregiver -- Guardian -- Criminal background check.
(1) Except for an applicant reapplying for a medical cannabis card within less than one year after the expiration of the applicant’s previous medical cannabis card, each applicant for a medical cannabis guardian card under Section 26B-4-213 or a medical cannabis caregiver card under Section 26B-4-214 shall:
(a) submit to the department, at the time of application:
(i) a fingerprint card in a form acceptable to the Department of Public Safety; and
(ii) a signed waiver in accordance with Subsection 53-10-108(4) acknowledging the registration of the applicant’s fingerprints in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System’s Rap Back Service; and
(b) consent to a fingerprint background check by:
(i) the Bureau of Criminal Identification; and
(ii) the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2) The Bureau of Criminal Identification shall:
(a) check the fingerprints the applicant submits under Subsection (1)(a) against the applicable state, regional, and national criminal records databases, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System;
(b) report the results of the background check to the department;
(c) maintain a separate file of fingerprints that applicants submit under Subsection (1)(a) for search by future submissions to the local and regional criminal records databases, including latent prints;
(d) request that the fingerprints be retained in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Next Generation Identification System’s Rap Back Service for search by future submissions to national criminal records databases, including the Next Generation Identification System and latent prints; and
(e) establish a privacy risk mitigation strategy to ensure that the department only receives notifications for an individual with whom the department maintains an authorizing relationship.
(3) The department shall:
(a) assess an applicant who submits fingerprints under Subsection (1)(a) a fee in an amount that the department sets in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 for the services that the Bureau of Criminal Identification or another authorized agency provides under this section; and
(b) remit the fee described in Subsection (3)(a) to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.