5.40.190: LICENSE APPLICATION; BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK:
The background information provided by the applicant shall be subject to verification by city staff and the city police department. Local, state, and federal background and criminal history checks shall be performed as needed under the terms of this chapter. City, county, and state records from former residences over the past ten (10) years, employment history records, and such other reasonable information sources as circumstances may dictate may be consulted. The applicant shall provide fingerprints and information necessary to obtain criminal history information from the state of Idaho and the federal bureau of investigation. Pursuant to section 67-3008, Idaho Code, and congressional enactment of public law 92-544, the staff shall submit a set of the applicant's fingerprints and the required fees on forms prescribed by the state to the state of Idaho, bureau of criminal identification (or any other agency which may hereafter be so authorized in its place by the state) for a criminal records check of state and national databases. The licensing department and the police department shall receive the information from the state of Idaho and from the federal bureau of investigation and shall use it to evaluate the fitness of applicants for the licenses, pursuant to standards and criteria separately set out in this title. Further dissemination or other use of the criminal history information is hereby prohibited, as also specified by state and federal law. (Ord. 632 §2, 2007)