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You must submit your fingerprints using an FDLE-approved Livescan Service Provider immediately

after submitting your application for licensure. It may take up to five days for your fingerprint results to be received by the Department after they are submitted to the Florida Department of Law

Enforcement (FDLE). Please note that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement requires that an

application for licensure should precede the submission of your fingerprints

If you are an applicant seeking a license for any profession regulated by the Department of Business

and Professional Regulation, which requires a criminal background search as a condition of licensure,

you must provide accurate demographic information at the time your fingerprints are taken.

Please make sure that you clearly identify the profession for which you are seeking to be licensed

and submit your fingerprint payment to the provider. Any inaccurate information that you provide could cause a delay in processing your request. You must provide the correct ORI number.

In the traditional method of fingerprinting, ink is applied to each of your fingers which are then olle

across a fingerprint card to obtain your prints. With electronic fingerprinting, there is no ink or card.

Your fingerprints are rolled across a glass plate and scanned. It is faster and cleaner than the traditional method. Electronic fingerprinting reduces the likelihood of illegible fingerprints and will reduce the overall application processing time.

All applicants must bring two (2) forms of identification to the electronic fingerprinting site on the day of scheduled fingerprinting. One of the two types of identification must bear your picture and signature such as a driver's license, state identification card, or passport. Applicants will NOT  be permitted to be fingerprinted without proper identification.

DBPR will retain the results of the prints for 12 months from the date your digital fingerprints were

electronically received by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE retain the prints for 180 days only. If your prints have expired at the time your application is submitted to the department, you will be required to submit new prints again.

Per FBI regulation, your prints cannot be shared between professions or with other agencies. You are

required to have separate prints for each license you are applying for, using the correct ORI.

Secure Sign & Seal LLC  will send your scanned fingerprint images to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) using the ORI number you provide to the provider. The FDLE/FBI will

process the fingerprints and provide the results to the Department of Business and Professional

Regulation, usually within three to five business days from the scan date. You do not have to do

anything with your fingerprint results unless the department contacts you for additional information.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has developed a new feature that will allow an

individual or organization to perform a search to determine the status of an applicant Livescan

transaction. The Civil Workflow Control System (CWCS) serves as the FDLE automated applicant

criminal history request system. The status of a CWCS transaction can now be provided from a

search within the newly developed "Civil Workflow Control System Transaction Status Search". The

only identifier needed to perform the search is the Transaction Control Number (TCN) which is

generated at the time the applicant information and fingerprints are captured.

The "Civil Workflow Control System Transaction Status Search" is available to the public at:

https://cchinet.fdle.state.fl.us/search/app/tcnlookup?4

If you have a criminal history, your application will be reviewed by the department to ensure that your

criminal history will not statutorily disqualify you from becoming licensed in that particular profession. Depending on the type of criminal offense(s), your application might require board review or require your personal appearance before the board. You will be notified in writing of any required appearance before the board.