75-3707e. Security conditions of employment, persons with access to data, telecommunications or other security-sensitive areas.
As the infrastructure provider for information technology for the state of Kansas, the office of information technology services must insure the highest level of information security and privacy in order to protect law enforcement, state agencies and the citizens of Kansas. Toward this objective, the department of administration or the office of information technology services shall require as a condition of employment that individuals who have unescorted physical access to the data center, telecommunications facilities and other security sensitive areas as designated by the secretary of administration or the executive chief information technology officer be fingerprinted, and such fingerprints shall be submitted to the Kansas bureau of investigation and to the federal bureau of investigation for the purposes of verifying the identity of such individuals and obtaining records of criminal arrests and convictions.
History: L. 2002, ch. 6, § 1; L. 2013, ch. 62, § 11; July 1.