Required Dissemination of CORI
Effective Jun 11, 2021Mass. Register #1445MGL c. 6, § 167A MGL c. 6, § 172 MGL c. 30ADepartment of Criminal Justice Information Services
(1) Each employer, volunteer organization, or governmental licensing agency shall provide a copy of a subject’s CORI or other criminal history information, and shall disclose the source of the information, to him or her:
- (a) before asking any questions about the subject’s criminal history; and
- (b) before making an adverse employment, volunteer, or licensing decision based on the subject's CORI.
- (2) Each employer, volunteer organization, or governmental licensing agency that is overseen, regulated, or supervised by a governmental entity shall, upon request, disseminate CORI relating solely to the requestor’s employees or licensees to that governmental entity’s staff in order for the governmental entity to ensure that the requestor is in compliance with the governmental entity’s regulations, policies, or procedures.