- a) The vendor shall use only equipment that is certified by the Department as meeting its requirements for inkless fingerprint collection.
- b) The vendor shall electronically transmit the fingerprints and other data required by the Department through a secure network within one business day after the fingerprints are collected.
- c) The vendor shall comply with all Electronic Fingerprint Submission Specifications (EFSS) of the Department (http://www.isp.state.il.us/docs/9-054.pdf) and all Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specifications standards of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (http://fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/iafis/efts70/ cover.htm).
- d) Fingerprints may be taken and transmitted only by livescan technicians who have had a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and have not been convicted of crimes that, if committed by a person seeking licensure under the Act, would constitute a statutory disqualification for licensure. The Board may, in its discretion, disqualify individuals from taking fingerprints who have been convicted of crimes that, if committed by a person seeking licensure under the Act, would serve as a discretionary basis for license disqualification.
- e) Fingerprints shall be collected directly from the person's hand and shall consist of 10 rolled impressions and 10 slap impressions in a format acceptable to the Department.
- f) The vendor shall archive (store, back up, retrieve, etc.) the fingerprints transmitted to the Department in a secure and retrievable manner. Upon expiration or termination of the contract, the vendor shall provide the stored data to the Department in a format requested by the Department.
- g) The vendor shall provide a single point of contact through which the Board or Department may contact the vendor.
- h) If a person's fingerprints are rejected by the Department, the vendor shall collect a second or subsequent set of fingerprints. The vendor shall not charge for collecting the second or subsequent set of fingerprints.
All fingerprinting conducted under the provisions of this Subpart L by a livescan vendor shall comply with the following requirements:
(Source: Added at 36 Ill. Reg. 10029, effective June 28, 2012)