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Products and Services: Social Security Number (SSN) Trace & Verification Verifies your candidate's Social Security Number (SSN), past and present addresses and any aliases or maiden names used. Establishes the time frame of when the social security number (SSN) was issued and put into use. This search shows whether the social security number (SSN) is valid and whether it is actually registered to your candidate. A social security number (SSN) trace is essential for uncovering a candidate's possible criminal record.
Credit History Examination (Credit Report) Checks your candidate's credit history including bankruptcy, lien, and judgment information. This search is important because it illustrates patterns in your candidate's financial behavior. Credit History helps you to determine how fiscally responsible your candidates have been in their personal lives and business careers.
Statewide Criminal Record Search Directly searches statewide records repositories for felony and misdemeanors going back 7 years. This is not a database search. We actually access state police records and state repositories.
Nationwide Criminal Database Search Instant Database search of over 200 million records covering 45 States. Data contained in this search can come from statewide repositories, local county information, and department of corrections, sex offender registries, and Administration of Courts records. Search also includes the INTERPOL Most Wanted, Fugitive List, and Denied Person(s) List databases.
County Criminal Records Search Felony and Misdemeanors are retrieved by hand directly from the County Courthouse. Searches go back 7 years per FCRA regulations. This is the most accurate way to check your candidates for criminal history. Price is per County searched. Additional County Court Fees may apply
Federal Criminal Records Check This search retrieves information directly from the Federal District Court repository and identifies criminal convictions on federal charges. This is especially relevant for screening management and executive candidates for white collar crimes. Price is per Federal District Search.
International Background Screening Services Employment verifications, education verifications, and criminal record searches are completed from around the world. Whether it is Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, South America, Canada, or North America, criminal record checks are just a click away. From international to nationwide criminal background check and retrieval services youcan count on us.
Motor Vehicle Driving Records Verifies state driving records through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Information can include insurance lapses, license suspensions, accidents, and traffic violations. The MVR report can flag DUI charges and potential substance abuse problems. State Access Fees Are not included.
Registered Sex Offender Search The Registered Sex Offender Search simultaneously searches registered sex offender registries in fifty states. The Registered Sex Offender search is vital for the healthcare industry, childcare screening, and any type of position dealing with children.
OIG Medical Sanctions: Office of Inspector General (OIG) - This database provides information to the public, health care providers, patients and others relating to parties excluded from participation in the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal health care programs.
FDA Debarment List - Searches for individuals putting unlawful profit ahead of consumer safety. They are convicted, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, of felonies that included submitting false data to the Food and Drug Administration, lying to FDA investigators, paying or accepting bribes, and selling prescription drug samples.
USA Patriot Act – Global Homeland Security Search The USA Patriot Act/Terrorist Watch List search includes the most common lists from various U.S. agencies, as well as international sources. We strongly recommend this search for any employer.
Candidate Drug Screening 5 and 10 panel urine drug screening available at thousands of collection sites throughout the United States. Results are reported to you within 24 to 72 hours.
Live Scan Fingerprinting Nationwide coverage for live scan fingerprinting is provided. When you are making a hiring or licensing decision, you want to do it with confidence. By submitting fingerprint records electronically, you can receive criminal history results in days instead of months. Faster results mean licensing or putting employees to work quickly and with peace of mind. Prospective licensee and employee fingerprints are captured quickly in a friendly, professional environment by one of our certified fingerprint technicians.
Employment Verification Verifies the accuracy and honesty of your candidates claims to past employment, including start date, end date, and position. Other information can include salary, performance, productivity, attendance, reasons for leaving, and eligibility for rehire. *Some employers utilize a third party to provide employment verification data. Any charges from these third parties will be charged an additional fee along with the search fee.
Education Verification Confirms your candidate's highest level of education, degrees, diplomas, and certificates, and dates attended from universities, colleges, trade/vocational schools, and/or high schools. Pricing for education verifications are per degree or educational institution verified. *Some additional third party fees may apply.
Personal and Professional Reference Check We obtain an assessment from your candidate's personal or professional reference. We ask relevant questions to enable you to determine if your candidate is the right fit for the position. Price is per reference checked. Professional License and Certificate Verification Validates the candidate in good standing with any professional license or Certification required for their particular job category, including but not limited to medical professionals, attorneys, CPAs, educators, and building contractors. Results include the following: license type, date and state of issuance, expiration date, and restrictions. Bankruptcy Records A comprehensive bankruptcy filing search for your candidate or business. Shows whether the bankruptcy was classified as 7, 11, or 13, including any additional debtors, liability amount, and filing date. This search is important when screening for accounting, managerial, and executive candidates, as well as contractors, business partners, and vendors. Liens and Judgments Identifies all lien and judgment filings for your candidate or business. The search identifies all plaintiffs, defendants, and the liability amount. This is a vital search for managerial and executive candidates, as well as a contractors, business partners, and vendors.
Civil County Upper and Lower Court Search and Federal Civil Searches Identifies any civil litigation involving your candidate in either upper or lower (Superior or Municipal) county courthouses. The search is especially important for assessing past business relationships. Report returns file date, parties involved, cause of action and case status when cases are uncovered.
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About Our Fingerprinting Services When you are making a hiring or licensing decision, you want to do it with confidence. By submitting fingerprint records electronically you can receive criminal history results in days instead of months. Faster results mean licensing or putting employees to work quickly and with peace of mind. Prospective licensee and employee fingerprints are captured quickly in a friendly, professional environment by one of our certified fingerprint technicians. By taking advantage of our proven service methods and expertise, you gain a trusted business partner capable of providing an effective and convenient means of handling your applicant processing needs. What to Expect Applicants Our goal is to provide the applicant a fast, simple, convenient and professional fingerprinting experience. We understand that the sooner the background check process is completed, the sooner you can become licensed or employed. Here’s what you can expect from us: § Polite, courteous call center personnel who will schedule your appointment and provide directions to your desired location § Flexible payment options including personal checks, money orders and credit cards § Professional, state-of-the-art facilities § Certified technicians that handle fingerprinting sessions § No messy ink or intimidating “booking” rooms § Appointments in five minutes or less Employers & Agencies BACKGROUND INFO USA help to simplify and streamline the background check process. We are the fingerprinting experts so you don’t have to be. Working with us means: § A hassle-free experience for your applicants § Faster responses and fewer rejections § Your employees don’t have to be fingerprint technicians § No worries about fee collections and payment processing § No equipment purchase or maintenance costs § You have the right background information you need to make a hiring decision § We take care of reporting and auditing for you § You can tailor our service offering to meet your needs Who We Serve BACKGROUND INFO USA serves applicants in a wide variety of industries that are required to obtain fingerprint-based criminal record checks as a condition of employment or licensing under state and/or federal law. Our extensive experience and knowledge of these industries allows us to easily satisfy the diverse business needs of our customers. § Child Care Workers § Teachers and other School Employees § Adoptive Parents § Armed and Unarmed Guards § Health Care Workers § Home Health and Hospice Workers § Children and Family Services Workers § Mortgage Brokers § Youth Sports § Higher Education Employees § Lottery Employees § Nursing Home Employees § Public Transportation Workers § Transportation Workers § Foster Parents § HAZMAT Drivers § School Employees § Airline and Airport Employees § Concealed Firearm Permits § Casino Employees Additionally, we serve the American Banking Association, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Association of Securities Dealers. Candidate Drug Screening: BACKGROUND INFO USA offers urine, oral fluid and hair employee drug testing programs to meet all of your drug testing needs. Whether for pre-employment, random testing, reasonable suspicion, post accident, return to duty, follow-up, or DOT, BACKGROUND INFO USA has the right employee drug testing program for you.
Off-Site Urine Drug Testing 5 Panel Drug Test: Amphetamines, Cannabinoids (Marijuana), Cocaine, Phencyclidine (PCP), Opiates 10 Panel Drug Test: Amphetamines, Cannabinoids (Marijuana), Cocaine, Phencyclidine (PCP), Opiates, Methaqualone, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Methadone, Propoxphene. Drug and Alcohol Testing
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Medical Review Officer (MRO) Service BACKGROUND INFO USA also offers an MRO service for clinical interpretation of results by a licensed M.D. who is also educated about drugs of abuse. The MRO service can be added to any of the programs and you can have MRO reviews conducted on only positive results or all of your results whether positive or negative. Our MRO will contact the donor to discuss pertinent information regarding his or her drug test result in order to rule out a possible positive which may have been caused by a prescription medication. Once the MRO can confirm that a legitimate prescription is held by the donor a result can be overturned and reported by the MRO to BACKGROUND INFO USA and then the employer. If no evidence is presented to the MRO to prove the result may have been caused by another substance other than an illegal drug, the MRO will report the result as a positive. MRO’s offers a 72 hours window for the donor to respond with evidence before they report the result as is.
Random Drug and Alcohol TestingBACKGROUND INFO USA can manage the selection of your employees for your Random Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. BACKGROUND INFO USA's random selection program makes setting up and maintaining random pool groups easy. Simply tell us who will belong to the random pool group, how often you want to schedule tests, and what percentage of the pool needs to be tested. BACKGROUND INFO USA will do the rest. Our program also provides you with prevention of multiple selections - this option prevents individuals from being selected more than once within a scheduling period (weekly, monthly, quarterly, or manual scheduling). In addition, test notices can be automatically emailed or faxed to your company to let you know who has been randomly selected.
The following states have restrictions on random drug testing: California: Courts in California have not defined laws pertaining to random drug testing, so employer's rights remain uncertain. Until more definition to the law is provided by the courts a prudent strategy is to assume that unless the employee works in a safety or security sensitive position, random testing is subject to legal challenge. Connecticut: Prohibited, unless employee is assigned to a high risk or safety sensitive position. Iowa: Employees must be selected via an entity independent of the employer and by using a computer-generated, neutral selection procedure (BACKGROUND INFO USA's program satisfies this requirement). Maine: Permitted only if agreed upon in a collective bargaining agreement, or for positions in which there would be an unreasonable risk to health or safety if the employee was “under the influence.” Labor organizations are prohibited from performing random test on members. Minnesota: Permitted for safety sensitive positions only. A safety sensitive position is one in which impairment caused by drug use would threaten the health and safety of any person. An employee may not be waived once selected from the random pool. Montana: Law addresses only safety sensitive employees. When you random drug test all safety sensitive employees, the program must contain: (1) an established calendar period for testing; (2) an established random testing rate; (3) a random selection process; and (4) a signed statement from each employee confirming employee has received written copy of program. Rhode Island: Prohibited. Vermont: Prohibited, except when otherwise required by federal law or regulation. Drug Screening Terms and Definitions Chain of Custody:Chain of custody is the term that refers to the process of ensuring and providing documentation of proper specimen identification and handling from the time of collection to the receipt of laboratory results. If the results come under legal challenge, the specimen must have been handled according to chain of custody procedures exactly and accurately. The chain of custody protocol assures the specimen belongs to the individual whose information is printed on the specimen bottle label, no adulteration or tampering has taken place, exactly who had possession of the specimen and when, how the specimen was transported and stored before it was analyzed, no unauthorized access to the specimen was possible, and the specimen was handled in a secure manner Collection Site (Patient Service Center):A facility where individuals present themselves for the purpose of providing body fluid(s) to be analyzed for specified controlled substances. Collection Process:All specimen collections should be done utilizing a secured restroom. After the donor has removed any bulky objects and washed their hands they should choose a sealed specimen collection kit. All seals are removed in the donor's presence and the donor should then be asked to provide a urine specimen. Following the collection of donor's specimen the chain of custody form should be filled out and completed while the donor is present. After all the specimen bottles, chain of custody form, and specimen bags are sealed then the donor may be allowed to leave. D.O.T. (Department of Transportation):The Department of Transportation is an operating administration of the United States administering regulations requiring alcohol and/or drug testing in accordance with 49CFR Part 40 of the federal regulations. D.O.T. Drug Screen:A D.O.T. drug screen is a screen that tests a specimen for five drugs (Opiates, PCP, Amphetamines, Marijuana and Cocaine) A D.O.T. approved chain of custody form is used during the collection process and a split sample is collected and both specimens are forwarded to the laboratory for testing. Once the laboratory completes the testing process the result is forwarded to the Medical Review Officer (MRO) for review. Following the MRO's review, results are reported to the designated reporting agency. Drug Testing Policy:A well drafted policy outlines what type of testing will be conducted, the terms and definitions surrounding drug screening, and recourse for positive test results. A policy is also utilized to convey a strong message of zero tolerance towards drugs and alcohol in the workplace. GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry):GC/MS testing is considered to be the most definitive method for confirming the presence of a detected substance in urine. GC/MS is utilized to confirm test results that indicate any level of a controlled substance. When a laboratory suspects adulterants, dilution, or other sample abnormality, GC/MS will identify the exact chemicals compounds present in suspicious samples. Medical Review Officer (MRO):According to DOT regulations, all DOT drug screens must be reviewed by an MRO. Many states also require an MRO review. An MRO is a license M.D. with a history of substance abuse diagnostic work. This service is also available for Non-DOT testing, if desired. During the MRO's review it may be necessary for them to contact and speak directly with the donor to verify any types of medication the donor has taken. The client will not be notified if this occurs and will only be notified when a test result is available. Who is qualified to act as an MRO? Non-DOT Drug Screen:A Non-DOT screen is a screen that can test for a wide range of drugs such as; Opiates, PCP, Amphetamines/Methamphetamines, Marijuana, Cocaine; which is considered a 5-panel drug screen. This can be expanded upon by testing for the above five drugs and adding Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Methadone, Methaqualone, Propxyphene; which is considered a 10-panel drug screen. A urine alcohol (ethyl) can be added to either panel if desired. Patient Service Technician:A designated person trained in specimen collection procedures who insures that 1) donors are identified correctly, 2) chain of custody protocol is strictly followed, 3) donors’ dignity is preserved, 4) no sample is adulterated or diluted during collection, and 5) donors and clients receive the best possible evidentiary collection and testing service possible. Post Accident Testing:Testing of an employee who is involved in an on-the-job accident (vehicular or otherwise) which may have involved human error and may have caused a fatality, serious injury, or significant property damage. Pre-employment Testing:A candidate for employment must pass the drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of employment. Testing can be performed as part of the application process 1) before an offer of employment is made, 2) as a part of the hiring process after an offer of employment is made but before the employee commences work, or 3) shortly after the individual begins work but continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug and/or alcohol test. Random Testing:To test employees who are chosen on a "neutral-selection" basis without advance notice. True random testing is conducted by pooling a selected amount of numbers determined by the client from the total number of qualified participants' numbers in the random pool. BACKGROUND INFO USA manages clients’ random testing at no additional fee, but recommends that clients familiarize themselves with their state law; some states prohibit random testing while others restrict it to “safety sensitive" positions. Reasonable Suspicion/Cause Testing:The "cause" required is an objective, factual, individualized basis for testing, such as when an employee's observed behavior or physical appearance suggests drug and/or alcohol use or possession of drugs and/or alcohol. Return to Duty Testing:Employees returning from a leave of absence for sickness or injury exceeding a given number of days can be required to submit and successfully pass a drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of reinstatement. SAMHSA:Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (formerly NIDA, National Institute of Drug Abuse) is the department of the federal government that regulates and certifies laboratories currently processing DOT specimens. Laboratories with the SAMHSA certification are also available to test Non-DOT samples. These laboratories confirm all positive drug screen samples by GC/MS testing.
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