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) If the request for the criminal records check was submitted by an applicant for an initial license or restored license, as follows:

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(B) If the request for the criminal records check was submitted by a person seeking to satisfy the criteria for being a qualified pharmacy technician that are specified in section 4729.42 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall make the results available to both of the following:

(1) The person who submitted the request and is the subject of the criminal records check;

(2) The employer or potential employer specified in the request.

Effective Date: 2007 HB104 03-24-2008; 2008 SB203 04-08-2009