Section 11077.1 Of Article 2.5. Criminal Record Dissemination From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.5.
11077.1
. (a) Commencing July 1, 2005, and except as provided by
subdivision (b), the Department of Justice shall accept fingerprint
images and related information to process criminal offender record
information requests for employment, licensing, certification,
custodial child placement, or adoption purposes, only if those images
and related information are electronically transmitted. The
department shall continually monitor the statewide availability of
electronic transmission sights and work with public and private
entities to ensure reasonable availability is maintained.
(b) The department shall, based on the regional unavailability of
electronic transmission sites or when departmental processing
procedures show a need, accept hard fingerprint cards in order to
process criminal offender record information requests for employment,
licensing, certification, custodial child placement, or adoption
purposes.