---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2540.204"
title: "45"
number: "2540.204"
heading: "What are the components of a National Service Criminal History Check?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2540.204"
---

# §2540.204. What are the components of a National Service Criminal History Check?

- (a) Unless CNCS approves a waiver under [§ 2540.207](/cfr/45/2540.207.md), for each individual in a position specified in [§ 2540.201](/cfr/45/2540.201.md), grantees or subgrantees must, obtain:
  - (1) A nationwide check of the National Sex Offender Public website through NSOPW.gov;
  - (2) A check of the State criminal history record repository or agency-designated alternative for the individual's State of residence and State of service; and
  - (3) A fingerprint-based check of the FBI criminal history record database through the State criminal history record repository or agency-approved vendor.
- (b) One way for grant recipients or subrecipients to obtain and document the required components of the National Service History Check is through the use of agency-approved vendors.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 11147, Feb. 24, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 13331, 69 FR 9911; 18 U.S.C. 506, 701, 1017; 42 U.S.C. 12653, 12631-12637, 12645g; 42 U.S.C. 5065.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13808, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 11147, Feb. 24, 2021]