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  •   Criminal Background Results/State Police
  •   Office of Foreign Asset Control Blocked Persons List (OFAC)
  •   Office of Inspector General (OIG)
  •   Sex Offender Registry Search
  •   Motor Vehicle Driving Search
  •   A.K.A.
  •   County Civil Records Search (Upper Monetary Amt)
  •   County Civil Records Search (Lower Monetary Amt)
  •   Food and Drug Admin. Debarment
  •   FDIC Banking Sanctions
  •   Social Security Verification
  •   Multi-State Court Search
  •   Address/Phone Number Search
  •   Civil Records Check
  •   Excluded Parties Listing System (EPLS)
  •   Nationwide Search
  •   Federal Criminal
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  •   All County Statewide
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  •   All County Statewide (Non-Medical)
  •   CNA Search
  •   DSW Search
  •   Receive Enumerated Offense Email Alert
  •   I-9 COMPLIANCE
  •   System Award Management (SAM)
  •   Louisiana Dept of Health Adverse Action List
  •   PHYSICIAN VERIFICATION
  •   Employment Verification (per employer)
  •   Professional License Verification for LPN/RN
  •   Federal Civil Records Search (per district)
  •   US Gov.Terr. List

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ACT 43


Please click here to read the updated Act 43 that was recently signed into law.


Nonlicensed Persons & Licensed Ambulance Personnel


The following memo is in regards to performing criminal history checks on nonlicensed persons and licensed ambulance personnel, taken from the Louisiana Department of Health (Health Standards Section) - the original memo can be found here.


The Louisiana Office of State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information (Bureau), is the State’s designated repository for criminal history information pursuant to the laws cited in La. R.S. 15:575 et seq. Any criminal event that is documented by the submission of fingerprints to the State is stored in the Louisiana Computerized Criminal History (LACCH) database. The Bureau may only release criminal history information stored in LACCH for noncriminal justice purposes when authorized by law. The Bureau is authorized to release criminal history information stored in LACCH to those employers and Authorized Agencies defined in La. R.S. 40:1203.1 as required by La. R.S. 40:1203.2.

Employers may request criminal history information stored in LACCH in one of three ways: (1) use of the Bureau’s Internet Background Check (IBC) web (https://ibc.dps.louisiana.gov/), (2) via Authorized Agents, and (3) submission of applicants’ fingerprints.

Employers and Authorized Agencies may establish an account with the Bureau to use the IBC, which is a web-based application that allows for name-based, criminal background checks. If the Bureau cannot match any of the applicant’s descriptors, such as name, DOB, SSN, etc., a letter stating no disqualifying information was found is issued. Additionally, if the applicant may have criminal history, fingerprints will be required for positive identification before the history is released.

Authorized Agents may also run name-based background checks on applicants defined in La. R.S. 1203.1 through a local law enforcement agency. Local law enforcement agencies are only authorized to query LACCH. They are not authorized to request criminal history information through the FBI’s federal, criminal history database or records stored in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.

Pursuant to La. R.S. 40:1203.7, Authorized Agencies must be domiciled in the state of Louisiana and must be certified by the La. Secretary of State’s office. Authorized Agents must also be certified by the Bureau. Companies that perform background check services that are not domiciled in Louisiana nor certified through the Secretary of State’s office and the Bureau are not authorized to request or receive criminal history information stored in LACCH. Additionally, Authorized Agents are not authorized to request criminal history information on behalf of national background check companies. La. R.S. 15:579 mandates the Bureau to issue rules and regulations consistent with the U.S. Dept. of Justice governing the privacy and security of criminal history records. To meet this requirement, the Bureau has adopted rules and regulations including those described in 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 20.21 which limits the release of criminal history information to only those agencies authorized by statute. Employers may contact LDH or the Bureau for a current list of Authorized Agencies.

Employers may also require applicants to submit fingerprints to the Bureau. Employers may contact the Bureau for more information regarding this service.

For more information, contact the LSP Bureau at (225) 925-6095 (Applicant Processing Section), or by mail at P.O. Box 66614, #A-6, Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6614.


Criminal Background Checks


The following memo is for the reference of LDH-HSS Licensed Health Care Providers, taken from the Louisiana Department of Health (Health Standards Section) - the original memo can be found here.


In accordance with Act 311 of the 2016 Regular Legislative Session and consistent with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Legal Services, the LDH-Health Standards Section (HSS) is issuing this notice to all applicable HSS licensed health care providers:

Effective June 2, 2016, Act 311 amended La RS 40:1203.1-2 requiring that licensed health care providers shall request that a criminal history and security check be conducted on the non-licensed person, prior to any employer making an offer to employ or to contract with a non-licensed person or any licensed ambulance personnel to provide nursing care, health-related services, medic services, or supportive assistance to any individual and in accordance with La RS 40:1203.1-5.

"Non-licensed person" means any person who provides for compensation nursing care or other health-related services directly related to patient care to residents in or patients of a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities, adult residential care facility or provider, pediatric day healthcare facility, adult day healthcare center, psychiatric residential treatment facility, end stage renal disease facility, behavioral health services provider, home health agency, hospice agency, provider of ambulance services, hospital, adult brain injury facility, crisis receiving center, pain management clinic, outpatient abortion facility, rural health clinic, ambulatory surgical center, therapeutic group home, forensic supervised transitional residential and aftercare facility, case management provider, or home- and communitybased service provider and who is not a licensed health provider. "Non-licensed person" also means any person who provides such services to individuals in their own homes as an employee or contract provider of a home health agency, hospice, or home- and community-based service provider. "Non-licensed person" also means any other direct service worker as defined in R.S. 40:2179 and 2179.1.

The following links are provided for your information:

http://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=964762

http://legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=16RS&b=ACT311&sbi=y

http://legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1015324

From this date forward, the department expects providers to be in compliance with La RS 40:2013.1-5 for any employees hired after the date of this notice. If you have any questions regarding your responsibility related to this notice, please contact the LDHHSS Program Desk for your provider type at (225)342-0138 or 1(800)798-8675.


Enumerated Offenses List


It is the responsibility of all employers that employ nonlicensed persons or ambulance personnel to know which convictions bar employment.

Louisiana RS 40:1203.3 covers criminal convictions that bar an employer from hiring a nonlicensed person or ambulance personnel.

Below you will find the complete enumerated offenses list.



  • solicitation for murder
  • first degree murder
  • second degree murder
  • manslaughter
  • aggravated battery
  • second degree battery
  • disarming of a police officer
  • simple battery
  • assault
  • aggravated assault
  • assault by drive-by-shooting
  • aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a firearm
  • aggravated assault with a firearm
  • simple assault
  • mingling harmful substance
  • stalking
  • rape
  • aggravated rape
  • forcible rape
  • simple rape
  • sexual battery
  • second degree sexual battery
  • oral sexual battery
  • international exposure to aids virus
  • aggravated kidnapping
  • second degree kidnapping
  • aggravated kidnapping of a child
  • simple kidnapping
  • aggravated arson
  • simple arson
  • simple arson of a religious building
  • arson with intent to defraud
  • placing combustible materials
  • communication of false information of planned arson
  • manufacture and possession of delayed action incendiary device
  • manufacture and possession of a bomb
  • forfeitures
  • aggravated criminal damage to property
  • damage to property with intent to defraud
  • aggravated burglary
  • unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure
  • simple burglary
  • simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling
  • unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling
  • armed robbery
  • first degree robbery
  • carjacking
  • armed robbery by use of a firearm
  • second degree robbery
  • simple robbery
  • purse snatching
  • extortion
  • theft
  • credit card fraud
  • fraudulent acquisition of a rental motor vehicle
  • fraudulent acquisition of a credit card
  • illegal possession of stolen things
  • illegal possession of firearms
  • false accounting
  • medicaid fraud
  • refund or access device application fraud
  • access device fraud
  • fraudulent renumeration
  • bank fraud
  • criminal neglect of family
  • incest
  • aggravated incest
  • criminal abandonment
  • felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile
  • misd. carnal knowledge of a juvenile
  • indecent behavior with a juvenile
  • pornography involving a juvenile
  • molestation of a juvenile
  • prostitution
  • massage; sexual conduct prohibited
  • pandering
  • letting premises for prostitution
  • letting premises for obscenity
  • enticing persons into prostitution
  • crimes against nature
  • aggravated crime against nature
  • illegal use of a controlled substance in the presence of persons under seventeen years of age
  • contributing to the delinquency of a minor
  • cruelty to juveniles
  • child desertion
  • second degree cruelty to juveniles
  • cruelty to the infirmed
  • exploitation of the infirmed
  • sexual battery of the infirmed
  • illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities
  • purchasing of human organs
  • cruelty to animals
  • obscenity
  • hate crimes
  • aggravated flight from an officer
  • terrorism
  • aiding others in terrorism
  • sale of minor children
  • distribution or possession with intent to distribute
  • controlled dangerous substances as listed in schedules I-V of the uniform controlled dangerous substance act

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