H.B. 63 Enrolled

LICENSING AMENDMENTS REGARDING
BACKGROUND CHECKS
2002 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Afton B. Bradshaw
This act modifies the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Act to provide
that the division has direct access to Bureau of Criminal Identification records for the
purpose of screening licensure applicants' criminal background history as required in
specified chapters. This act has an immediate effective date.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
58-1-301.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 58-1-301.5 is enacted to read:
58-1-301.5. Division access to Bureau of Criminal Identification records.
(1) The division shall have direct access to criminal background information maintained
by the Bureau of Criminal Identification under Chapter 53, Chapter 10, Part 2, Bureau of Criminal
Identification, for background screening of licensure applicants as required in:
(a) Section 58-47b-302 of Title 58, Chapter 47b, Massage Therapy Practice Act;
(b) Section 58-55-302 of Title 58, Chapter 55, Construction Trades Licensing, as it applies
to alarm companies and alarm company agents; and
(c) Section 58-63-302 of Title 58, Chapter 63, Security Personnel Licensing Act.
(2) The division access under Subsection (1) shall be in accordance with Section
53-10-108 .
Section 2. Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
date of veto override.

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