Wyo. Code R. 015-0006-4
Effective Date: 07/27/2020 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 015.0006.4.07272020
Section 1. Authority. The Division of Criminal Investigation, Office of the Attorney General hereby promulgates these rules pursuant to its rulemaking authority found in Wyoming Statute § 7-19-105.
Section 2. Access Availability. Criminal History Record Information shall be available only to:
(a) Those persons and organizations authorized by Wyoming Statute;
(b) Officials of state and local government for purposes of investigating the background of applicant(s) for non-criminal justice employment or licensing purposes if authorized by a state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. The Attorney General has delegated to the Federal Bureau of Investigation the responsibility for approving such state statutes; and
(c) Officials of state and local governments for purposes of investigating the background of current and prospective employees and volunteers who provide or will provide care to children, the elderly, or disabled person(s) if authorized by a state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States. In the absence of a state statute approved by the United States Attorney General, the officials may apply to the Division for approval to participate in the National Child Protection Act/Volunteers for Children's Act (NCPA/VCA). [National Child Protection Act, Pub. L. 103-209, amended by Pub. L. 103-322 and Volunteers for Children Act, Pub. L. 105-251; 42 U.S.C. § 5119].
Section 3. Criminal Justice Agency Dissemination Requirements. All criminal justice agencies holding, receiving, or disseminating criminal history record information to an authorized recipient shall maintain a dissemination log on forms approved by the Division, which includes the following
(a) Name and date of birth or other numeric identifier (e.g. state identification number [SID]);
(b) Race of subject;
(c) Sex of subject;
(d) Date of dissemination;
(e) Name of person requesting the information;
(f) Date and time of request;
(g) Reason for the criminal history (e.g. case number, or explanation, burglary, drugs, etc.); (h) Name of person to whom information was released; (i) Date and time response was released; (j) Name of person releasing the information; (k) Notation of “record” or “no record”; (l) ORI of the agency requesting the information; and (m) Purpose code.