Am I required to run additional criminal history inquiries on employees that have already undergone the CORI process as a job requirement and been found to have no record?
Yes. You may not rely on prior CORI checks conducted by other entities. First, it is essential that the CORI upon which you base your employment decision is up-to-date. Records that form the basis for the CORI are updated each night by the Massachusetts court system, so CORIs have the potential to become easily outdated. Second, MGL c. 6, ยง172 precludes the sharing of CORIs because entities are certified to receive criminal record information only to the extent necessary for the actual performance of the entities’ duties. Accordingly, some entities and organizations have broader access to information that forms the basis for the CORI than other entities and organizations. Relying on a CORI check done by another entity may give individuals more information than they are authorized by the CHSB to receive when the individual is certified to perform criminal history inquiries by the CHSB. (See above for information relative to the certification process.
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