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  • (1) "Authorized entity" means an LEA, qualifying private school, or the state board that is authorized to request a background check and ongoing monitoring under this part.
  • (2) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification within the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-10-201.
  • (3) "Contract employee" means an employee of a staffing service or other entity who works at a public or private school under a contract.
  • (4) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  • (5)
    • (a) "License applicant" means an applicant for a license issued by the state board under Title 53E, Chapter 6, Education Professional Licensure.
    • (b) "License applicant" includes an applicant for reinstatement of an expired, lapsed, suspended, or revoked license.
  • (6) "Non-licensed employee" means an employee of an LEA or qualifying private school that does not hold a current Utah educator license issued by the state board under Title 53E, Chapter 6, Education Professional Licensure.
  • (7) "Personal identifying information" means:
    • (a) current name, former names, nicknames, and aliases;
    • (b) date of birth;
    • (c) address;
    • (d) telephone number;
    • (e) driver license number or other government-issued identification number;
    • (f) social security number; and
    • (g) fingerprints.
  • (8) "Qualifying private school" means a private school that:
    • (a) enrolls students under Title 53F, Chapter 4, Part 3, Carson Smith Scholarship Program; and
    • (b) is authorized to conduct fingerprint-based background checks of national crime information databases under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248.
  • (9) "Rap back system" means a system that enables authorized entities to receive ongoing status notifications of any criminal history reported on individuals whose fingerprints are registered in the system.
  • (10) "WIN Database" means the Western Identification Network Database that consists of eight western states sharing one electronic fingerprint database.




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