Florida Statutes Title XII. Municipalities § 166.0442. Criminal history record checks for certain municipal employees and appointees

(1) Notwithstanding chapter 435, a municipality may require, by ordinance, state and national criminal history screening for:

(2) The ordinance must require each person applying for, or continuing employment or appointment in, any such position, applying for initial or continuing licensing or regulation, or having such contact or access to be fingerprinted.  The fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal history record check and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.  The information obtained from the criminal history record checks conducted pursuant to the ordinance may be used by the municipality to determine a person's eligibility for such employment or appointment and to determine a person's eligibility for continued employment or appointment.  This section is not intended to preempt or prevent any other background screening, including, but not limited to, criminal history background checks, that a municipality may lawfully undertake.