A. Each current and prospective City employee, contract employee and volunteer who is required or allowed as a condition of employment to provide services directly to children or vulnerable adults shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the City to conduct a criminal background check for the purpose of determining whether the person has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the person’s fitness to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children and vulnerable adults.

B. Each sworn Fire Department employee hired after June 5, 1996, shall submit as a condition of employment a full set of fingerprints to the City for the purpose of determining whether the applicant has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the applicant’s fitness for employment.

C. The City shall submit the full set of fingerprints and applicable fees to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal history records check pursuant to (Section 41-1750, Arizona Revised Statutes and Public Law 92-544). The Department of Public Safety may exchange the fingerprint data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

D. The City shall assume the costs of fingerprint checks conducted under this Section.

E. The City may conduct periodic fingerprint background checks to ensure continued qualification of employees, contract employees and volunteers under this Section.

F. The City Manager shall make and adopt rules that are necessary and proper for the administration of this Section.

G. Upon request of the Housing Director, the Police Department shall release criminal history record information, including non-conviction data, to the Housing Department for the purpose of determining whether to deny or terminate assistance to an applicant or participant in public or assisted housing.

H. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older and who is unable to protect himself or herself from abuse, neglect or exploitation by other persons because of a mental or physical impairment. (Ord. No. G-5444, § 2, 2009)