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A Florida MLO applicant is arranging her criminal background check. How does the statute expect the fingerprints to be submitted, and who is checked?

Correct Answer

C) To the registry, the office or an approved vendor, for a state and a federal check

Section 494.00312(2)(f) allows fingerprints to be submitted to the registry, the office, or a vendor acting on behalf of either, and the office may contract with a third-party vendor for live-scan. Two checks follow: a state criminal history check through the Department of Law Enforcement and a federal one through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the costs of processing and retention are borne by the person being checked. Other choices: mailed paper cards and self-uploaded scans are not the route the statute sets, and the employer neither takes nor certifies the prints. Source: Fla. Stat. § 494.00312(2)(f)

Answer Options
A
On paper cards mailed in with the license application
B
By the sponsoring company, which takes prints in-house and certifies the result to the office
C
To the registry, the office or an approved vendor, for a state and a federal check
D
At any law enforcement office, with the applicant uploading a scan to the registry record

Why This Is the Correct Answer

Section 494.00312(2)(f) allows fingerprints to be submitted to the registry, the office, or a vendor acting on behalf of either, and the office may contract with a third-party vendor for live-scan. Two checks follow: a state criminal history check through the Department of Law Enforcement and a federal one through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the costs of processing and retention are borne by the person being checked. Other choices: mailed paper cards and self-uploaded scans are not the route the statute sets, and the employer neither takes nor certifies the prints. Source: Fla. Stat. § 494.00312(2)(f)

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