Do volunteers need to be fingerprinted and apply for a CJIS check?
In most circumstances, volunteers do not need to be fingerprinted and have a CJIS check completed. If a volunteer functions as a staff member of a Covered Entity, then he/she is required to follow the same screening procedures that apply to paid employees. This would include the CJIS/Fingerprint Check, rather than the Volunteer Criminal History Screening. Such volunteers include, but are not limited to, those who function as the director/coordinator/administrator of religious education or the youth minister/director/coordinator.
