HB139 Summary

• Requires polygraph examiner license applicants to submit two complete sets of fingerprints to the Board of Polygraph Examiners.

• Mandates the Board forward fingerprints to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI) for state criminal background checks, with the ABI forwarding one set to the FBI for national criminal background checks.

• Requires applicants to provide written consent for the Board to receive and use criminal history background information.

• Places all costs of state and national background checks on the applicant.

• Allows the Board to maintain background check information confidentially, except when disclosed as necessary to support denial of a license.