Act No. 283
This Act, which became effective on August 15, 2011, provides that employers or their representatives may obtain conviction records of an applicant seeking employment directly from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to further qualify the applicant for the position being sought, if the applicant has executed a consent form authorizing the employer to obtain such conviction records.
Upon written request and presentation of the consent form prepared by the Bureau and executed by the applicant, the Bureau must provide conviction records of the applicant to the employer or its representative in a timely manner. Additionally, each applicant will be fingerprinted and the fingerprints will be forwarded by the Bureau to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check.
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