The Agency or licensed child-placing agency shall forward complete sets of legible fingerprints taken on standard fingerprints cards by the Agency or licensed child-placing agency to the police or state law enforcement agency. The police shall: Access the District criminal records history maintained by the District government; Transmit all complete sets of legible fingerprints on standard fingerprint cards to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a national criminal records check and return the results to the police or state law enforcement agency. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Agency or licensed child-placing agency shall request the law enforcement agency of each state identified in the completed information form to conduct a state criminal records check and return the results to the Agency or licensed child-placing agency, as appropriate. If the Agency or licensed child-placing agency has already determined that an individual has a disqualifying conviction, it is not required to make further requests to additional states. The Agency or licensed child-placing agency may also use interstate databases or systems to conduct a single check for multiple states.
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