2023 Utah Code › Title 58 - Occupations and Professions › Chapter 42a - Occupational Therapy Practice Act › Part 3 - Licensing › Section 302.1 - Criminal background check.

Affected by 63I-1-258 on 7/1/2025
Effective 5/4/2022
58-42a-302.1.
Criminal background check.
(1) An applicant for licensure under this chapter who requires a criminal background check shall:
(a) submit fingerprint cards in a form acceptable to the division at the time the license application is filed; and
(b) consent to a fingerprint background check conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the application.
(2) The division shall:
(a) in addition to other fees authorized by this chapter, collect from each applicant submitting fingerprints in accordance with this section the fee that the Bureau of Criminal Identification is authorized to collect for the services provided under Section 53-10-108 and the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for fingerprint processing for the purpose of obtaining federal criminal history record information;
(b) submit from each applicant the fingerprint card and the fees described in Subsection (2)(a) to the Bureau of Criminal Identification; and
(c) obtain and retain in division records a signed waiver approved by the Bureau of Criminal Identification in accordance with Section 53-10-108 for each applicant.
(3) The Bureau of Criminal Identification shall, in accordance with the requirements of Section 53-10-108:
(a) check the fingerprints submitted under Subsection (2)(b) against the applicable state and regional criminal records databases;
(b) forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history background check; and
(c) provide the results from the state, regional, and nationwide criminal history background checks to the division.
(4) For purposes of conducting a criminal background check required under this section, the division shall have direct access to criminal background information maintained under Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2, Bureau of Criminal Identification.
(5) The division may not disseminate outside of the division any criminal history record information that the division obtains from the Bureau of Criminal Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the criminal background check requirements of this section.
(6)
(a) A new occupational therapist assistant license issued under Subsection 58-42a-302(2) is conditional pending completion of the criminal background check.
(b) Notwithstanding Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, if the criminal background check required in Subsection 58-42a-302(2) demonstrates the applicant has failed to accurately disclose a criminal history, the license is immediately and automatically revoked upon notice to the licensee by the division.
(c) A person whose conditional license has been revoked under Subsection (6)(b) is entitled to a postrevocation hearing to challenge the revocation.
(d) The division shall conduct a postrevocation hearing in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
(7) The division may not issue a letter of qualification to participate in the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact until the criminal background check described in this section is completed.
Enacted by Chapter 221, 2022 General Session