California Code, Financial Code - FIN § 382

(a) The department shall require fingerprint images from any department employee, prospective employee or applicant seeking employment within the department, contractor, subcontractor, or volunteer who may have access to criminal offender record information.

(b) The fingerprint images described in subdivision (a) shall be furnished to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining state- and national-level criminal record information, and to determine the existence and nature of any of the following:

(c) When the Department of Justice receives a request for national-level criminal offender record information, it shall forward the request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The Department of Justice shall review the information returned from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and compile and disseminate a response as provided under subdivision (k) or (o) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code to the department.

(d) The department shall request subsequent arrest notifications from the Department of Justice as provided under Section 11105.2 of the Penal Code.

(e) The Department of Justice may assess a fee sufficient to cover the processing costs required under this section, as authorized pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.

(f) For purposes of this section, “criminal offender record information” means the same as defined in Section 13102 of the Penal Code.