§ 153A-94.2.  Criminal history record checks of employees permitted.

The board of commissioners may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning a requirement that any applicant for employment be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance with G.S. 143B-1209.25 [G.S. 143B-1209.26]. The local or regional public employer may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions. (2005-358, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 17.1(mmm); 2023-134, s. 19F.4(x).)