How to Submit Background Check Forms and Fingerprints

The covered individual is to complete the following steps:

First:
Complete a Background Check Form and submit it to the provider.
(For covered individuals younger than 18 years old, this is to be done by a parent or guardian.)

Then:
When instructed by the provider to do so, have Live Scan (electronic) fingerprints done and submitted to the Office of Background Processing. To do this:

• Take your fingerprint form to a police department, a public safety building, or another Live Scan Fingerprinting Locationopens in a new tab. (Be sure to check the hours of operation for the chosen location.)
• Pay any additional required fees.
• Present a valid government-issued photo identification and hand your fingerprint form to the technician capturing your fingerprints.
• Complete the instructions given to you by the technician.

The providers is to complete the following steps:

First:
Ensure the Background Check Form is authorized through the Office of Licensing Provider Portal. Forms are not submitted to the Office of Background Processing until they are authorized. To do this:

• Log Into the Office of Licensing Provider Portalopens in a new tab. To create a login, go to Account Creationopens in a new tab.
• In the Pending Checks for Covered Individuals section, click "Authorize" after the name of the covered individual.

Then, when fingerprints are required:

• Click the "Download Fingerprint Form" button.
• After the form is downloaded, give the form to the covered individual to print and hand to the technician capturing their fingerprints.