(1) The BCCU searches multiple information sources when completing state and federal background checks, including state and federal law enforcement records, state court records, and agency databases.
These sources include:
(a) Washington state:
(i) Court criminal history and judicial information system records;
(ii) DSHS adult protective services findings;
(iii) DSHS residential client protection program findings;
(iv) DSHS child protective services findings;
(v) Department of health findings; and
(vi) Department of corrections;
(b) Washington state patrol (WSP) fingerprint rap sheets for fingerprint-based search;
(c) WSP criminal history records;
(d) Applicant self-disclosures;
(e) Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint rap sheets for fingerprint based search;
(f) Western identification network (WIN) state search (Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming); and
(g) Stored WSP & FBI fingerprint rap sheets and WIN state rap sheets (unless prohibited by federal law).
(2) For more information, BCCU can be contacted at BCCUInquiry@dshs.wa.gov.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 43.43.832, 74.39A.270, 74.39A.056, 74.39A.074, 43.20A.710, 74.39A.525, 43.43.842, 74.39A.326, 74.39A.515, 74.39A.505, 18.88B.021, 43.43.837 and 2018 c 278. WSR 21-18-081, § 388-113-0100, filed 8/30/21, effective 10/1/21.]