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Criminal Background Checks

  

Pre-application Eligibility Determination: 

If you are seeking information regarding pre-application eligibility determinations, please visit the Pre-Application Eligibility Determinations Page

CBC Process for Applicants:

The Board will provide applicants who are required to complete a criminal background check through the Louisiana State Police (LSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with the necessary instructions upon receipt of a complete and applicable application.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to fully and accurately disclose all prior criminal history during the application process and to submit all requested documentation related to such matters. Failure to disclose criminal history in its entirety may be considered an attempt to obtain a credential through fraud or misrepresentation.

Applicants may not initiate the criminal background check process until the required instructions have been issued by the Board via email. Further, pursuant to federal law, the Board cannot accept or utilize criminal background checks conducted for or by any other agency or organization.

Criminal history may be used as a basis for denial. All factors outlined in LA:R.S. 37:2950 shall be considered.

Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights:

As an applicant who is the subject of a national fingerprint-based criminal history record check for a noncriminal justice purpose (such as an application for employment or a license, an immigration or naturalization matter, security clearance, or adoption), you have certain rights which are outlined below.

You have the right to expect that officials receiving the results of the criminal history record check will use it only for authorized purposes and will not retain or disseminate it in violation of federal statute, regulation or executive order, or rule, procedure or standard established by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council.

You must be provided written notification that your fingerprints will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI.

  • Fingerprints will be used for both state and federal background checks.

 You must be provided, and acknowledge receipt of, an adequate Privacy Act Statement when you submit your fingerprints and associated personal information. 

  • By submitting the information to complete your criminal background check you are acknowledging receipt of this information.

This Privacy Act Statement should explain the authority for collecting your information and how your information will be used, retained, and shared.

  •       Your information is being collected by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to determine fitness for practice based on an application you have submitted as authorized R.S. 37:1216 with respect to applicants for any designation deemed
           necessary to engage in the practice of pharmacy; and R.S. 40:973.1 with respect to applicants for a state controlled dangerous substance license.
  •       Your information will not be used for any other purpose. 
  •      Your information will be retained only until a decision regarding the issuance of the credential is made. Your information will be destroyed within 30 days of that decision.
  •      Your information will not be shared.

If you have a criminal history record, the officials making a determination of your suitability for the employment, license, or other benefit must provide you the opportunity to complete or challenge the accuracy of the information in the record.

  •  If you decide to challenge the accuracy or completeness of your FBI criminal history record, you should send your challenge to the agency (police department or sheriff department) that contributed the questioned information to the FBI.
  • Alternatively, you may send your challenge directly to the FBI.  The FBI will then forward your challenge to the agency that contributed the questioned information and request the agency to verify or correct the challenged entry. 
  • Upon receipt of an official communication from that agency, the FBI will make any necessary changes/corrections to your record in accordance with the information supplied by that agency.  (See 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34.)
  • You may not challenge the information through the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.

The officials must advise you that the procedures for obtaining a change, correction, or update of your criminal history record are set forth at Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 16.34.

  • See above

If you have a criminal history record, you should be afforded a reasonable amount of time to correct or complete the record (or decline to do so) before the officials deny you the employment, license, or other benefit based on information in the criminal history record.

  • You may notify the Board that time is needed for a challenge of the information. 

Agency policy does not permit the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to provide you a copy of the record. However, you may obtain a copy of the record by submitting fingerprints and a fee to the FBI.  Information regarding this process may be obtained at FBI CJIS Identity History Summary Checks.

Pursuant to LA Revised Statute 15:588, an individual can obtain a certified copy of his/her personal criminal history record as maintained by the LSP Bureau. Individuals must submit a "Right to Review Authorization Form" and a "Right to Review Disclosure Form" along with fingerprints and the appropriate fees to the LSP Bureau. Individuals can use this record to identify, if applicable, the date of arrest, the identity of an arresting agency, and disposition information. This criminal history record may only be given to the individual, his authorized representative, or his attorney per LA Revised Statute 15:588. You may contact Louisiana State Police for questions regarding this process. 

FBI - Privacy Act Statement:

The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy is required to provide the following FBI Privacy Statement. 

This privacy act statement is located on the back of the FD-258 fingerprint card.

Authority: The FBI’s acquisition, preservation, and exchange of fingerprints and associated information is generally authorized under 28 U.S.C. 534. Depending on the nature of your application, supplemental authorities include Federal statutes, State statutes pursuant to Pub. L. 92-544, Presidential Executive Orders, and federal regulations. Providing your fingerprints and associated information is voluntary; however, failure to do so may affect completion or approval of your application.

Principal Purpose: Certain determinations, such as employment, licensing, and security clearances, may be predicated on fingerprint-based background checks. Your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics may be provided to the employing, investigating, or otherwise responsible agency, and/or the FBI for the purpose of comparing your fingerprints to other fingerprints in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system or its successor systems (including civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint repositories) or other available records of the employing, investigating, or otherwise responsible agency. The FBI may retain your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics in NGI after the completion of this application and, while retained, your fingerprints may continue to be compared against other fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.

Routine Uses: During the processing of this application and for as long thereafter as your fingerprints and associated information/biometrics are retained in NGI, your information may be disclosed pursuant to your consent, and may be disclosed without your consent as permitted by the Privacy Act of 1974 and all applicable Routine Uses as may be published at any time in the Federal Register, including the Routine Uses for the NGI system and the FBI’s Blanket Routine Uses. Routine uses include, but are not limited to, disclosures to: employing, governmental or authorized non-governmental agencies responsible for employment, contracting, licensing, security clearances, and other suitability determinations; local, state, tribal, or federal law enforcement agencies; criminal justice agencies; and agencies responsible for national security or public safety.