PUBLIC Law Chapter 575

the fingerprint card, may charge the department for the

expenses incurred in processing state and national

criminal history record checks.__The State Police shall

take or cause to be taken the applicant's fingerprints

and shall forward the fingerprints to the State Bureau of

Identification so that the bureau can conduct state and

national criminal history record checks.__Except for the

portion of the payment, if any, that constitutes the

processing fee charged by the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, all money received by the State Police for

purposes of this paragraph must be paid over to the

Treasurer of State.__The money must be applied to the

expenses of administration incurred by the Department of

Public Safety.

(iv)__The subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation
criminal history record check may obtain a copy of the
criminal history record check by following the
procedures outlined in 28 Code of Federal Regulations,
Sections 16.32 and 16.33.__The subject of a state
criminal history record check may inspect and review
the criminal history record information pursuant to
Title 16, section 620.

(v)__State and federal criminal history record
information may be used by the department for the
purpose of screening prospective adoptive parents in
determining whether the adoption is in the best
interests of the child.

(vi)__Information obtained pursuant to this paragraph
is confidential.__The results of background checks
received by the department are for official use only
and may not be disseminated outside the department
except to a court considering an adoption petition
under subsection (a-1).

(2)__Rules adopted by the department pursuant to this subsection are
routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-
A.

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