4776.04 Criminal records check results not public records - availability.

The results of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this chapter and any report containing those results, including any information the federal bureau of investigation provides, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person or for any purpose other than as follows:

(A) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall make the results available to the licensing agency for use in determining, under the agency’s authorizing chapter of the Revised Code, whether the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check should be granted a license under that chapter.

(B) The licensing agency shall make the results available to the applicant who is the subject of the criminal records check or to the applicant’s representative.

Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008