Requesting CORI on Behalf of an iCORI-registered Client
Effective Jun 11, 2021Mass. Register #1445MGL c. 6, § 167A MGL c. 6, § 172 MGL c. 30ADepartment of Criminal Justice Information Services
- (1) To obtain CORI on behalf of an iCORI-registered client, the client must have an active and valid iCORI account number which the CRA shall provide at the time of the CORI request. A CRA may request Open Access to CORI on behalf of iCORI-registered clients that do not have valid iCORI accounts.
- (2) Before a CRA may submit a CORI request on behalf of an iCORI-registered client, the client must authorized the CRA through the iCORI system to request CORI on its behalf. A CRA is prohibited from submitting CORI requests on behalf of iCORI-registered clients that have not authorized it to do so through iCORI. This includes, but is not limited to, iCORI-registered clients that have chosen to rescind their CRA designation.
(3) Before the CRA may submit a CORI request on behalf of an iCORI-registered client, the client must provide the CRA with the following:
- (a) an affirmation that the client notified the subject, in writing, of its intent to obtain CORI through a CRA and received permission to do so from the subject;
- (b) an affirmation that the client has a copy of the signed CRA CORI acknowledgment on file;
- (c) an affirmation that the client is in compliance with federal and state credit reporting statutes;
- (d) an affirmation that the client will not misuse any information in the CRA report in violation of federal or state equal employment opportunity laws or regulations; and
- (e) when a request is submitted for employment purposes, a statement indicating whether the annual salary of the position for which the subject is being screened is either above or below $75,000.