Code of Alabama
Title 16 - Education.
Chapter 22A - Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999.

Article 1 - Criminal History Background Information Checks on Applicants for Certification, Applicants for Employment, Nonpublic Current Employees, and Current Employees Under Review.

Section 16-22A-1 - Short Title; Purpose. - This chapter shall be known and cited as the Alabama...

Section 16-22A-2 - Legislative Intent. - Under the National Child Protection Act of 1993, Public Law...

Section 16-22A-3 - Definitions. - When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall...

Section 16-22A-4 - Initiation of Request for Criminal History Background Check. - Any person who wishes to initiate a request for a...

Section 16-22A-5 - Agencies Required to Conduct Criminal History Background Information Checks. - (a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted...

Section 16-22A-6 - Request From Schools for Criminal History Background Information Check. - (a) The State Department of Education, or other public authorized...

Section 16-22A-7 - Responsibilities of Individuals to Provide Information. - (a) An applicant for certification, applicant for public employment, or...

Section 16-22A-8 - Fingerprint Training Courses. - (a) The Department of Public Safety and the State Department...

Section 16-22A-9 - Collection and Transfer of Fingerprints, Fees, and Information. - (a) Local employing boards and other public authorized employers required...

Section 16-22A-10 - Confidentiality of Information. - (a)(1) Any criminal history background information reports received by the...

Section 16-22A-11 - Rules and Regulations. - The State Department of Education and the Department of Public...

Section 16-22A-12 - Penalties. - (a) Violations. Any person convicted of any of the following...

Section 16-22A-13 - Liability. - An authorized employer shall not be liable in any action...

Section 16-22A-14 - Exceptions - Nonpublic Schools. - If a nonpublic school wishes not to do the fingerprinting...

Section 16-22A-15 - Exceptions - Church Officials. - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any...

Section 16-22A-16 - Construction. - Except as expressly specified in this chapter pertaining to criminal...

Section 16-22A-17 - Disposition of Fees. - All fees received by the Department of Public Safety for...

Section 16-22A-18 - Repealer. - This chapter is supplementary to and shall be construed in...

Article 2 - Criminal History Background Checks of Current Public Certified and Current Public Noncertified Employees.

Section 16-22A-30 - Criminal Background Information Checks of Current Public Employees. - (a) A criminal history background information check shall be conducted...

Section 16-22A-31 - Written Consent; Additional Check. - (a) The following persons shall obtain a signed and dated...

Section 16-22A-32 - Collection of Fingerprints; Submission of Materials. - (a) Each local employing board and other public educational entity...

Section 16-22A-33 - Submission of Additional Reports; Suitability Determination. - Upon request of the State Superintendent of Education, the Department...

Section 16-22A-34 - Satisfaction of Contingencies; Procedures. - (a) The requirement to conduct a criminal history background information...