A. The background information provided by the applicant shall be subject to verification by City staff and the City Police Department.
B. 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 indicate may be consulted.
C. The applicant shall provide fingerprints and information necessary to obtain criminal history information from the Idaho State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Pursuant to section 67-3008, Idaho Code, and congressional enactment Public Law 92-544, the City staff shall submit a set of the applicant's fingerprints and the required fees on forms prescribed by the State to the Idaho State Police, 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 within the Police Department shall receive the information from the Idaho State Police 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.
D. Background information checks shall also include a check of the State of Idaho Child Abuse Registry by the State of Idaho's designee pursuant to Idaho Code section 39-1105. Further dissemination or other use of the criminal history information is hereby prohibited, as also specified by State and Federal law. (Ord. 3049, 2020: Ord. 3011, 2018: Ord. 2951, 2015)