Kansas Statutes Chapter 22. Criminal Procedure § 22-4713. Criminal justice employment, fingerprinting; use and disclosure of criminal history record information for employment; confidentiality; penalties for improper use or disclosure

(a) A criminal justice agency as defined in K.S.A. 22-4701, and amendments thereto, shall require an applicant for criminal justice employment to be fingerprinted and shall submit such fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for a search of the state and federal database. Fingerprints provided pursuant to this section may be used to identify a person and to determine whether such person has a record of criminal history in this state or in another jurisdiction. An agency identified in subsection (b) may use the information obtained from the criminal history record check for the purposes of verifying the identification of a person and in the official determination of the qualifications and fitness of such person to be employed or to maintain employment.

(b) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall release criminal history record information related to adult convictions, adult non-convictions, adult diversions, adult expunged records, juvenile adjudications, juvenile non-adjudications and juvenile diversions to:

(c) In addition to the disclosure in subsection (b), the Kansas bureau of investigation shall certify any adult conviction record, if such record is found, of a chief of police or candidate for sheriff to the Kansas attorney general.