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- State and national screening
- ORI verified before capture
- Photograph where required
- Same-day submission
- Same or next-day slots
- Reprints free if rejected
The fingerprint-based screening Florida statute requires for positions of trust. Captured and submitted the same day, by appointment.
Level 2 is a legal standard, not a product. Florida statute defines it as fingerprint-based screening covering state criminal history through FDLE and national criminal history through the FBI, and it applies to anyone in a position of special trust — roles involving children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. When an employer or board says “you need Level 2,” they are pointing at that statutory definition.
Because it's a standard rather than a single process, Level 2 screening runs through whichever agency governs your role. Healthcare employment goes through AHCA. Childcare and foster care go through DCF. Professional licences go through DBPR or the Department of Health. Schools go through the district. All of them are Level 2 — they just route to different places, and the routing is what we verify before capturing anything.
Roles working with children, the elderly, or people with disabilities carry a statutory screening requirement.
Licensed facilities screen clinical and support staff to the Level 2 standard before placement.
Daycare staff, foster parents, and adoptive households are screened under the same standard.
Many Florida boards require Level 2 screening before issuing or renewing a licence.
Adults volunteering unsupervised with vulnerable groups are frequently screened to the Level 2 standard.
Vendors with site access at schools, facilities, and agencies are screened before badging.
Level 1 is a name-based database search using your name and date of birth. It's quick, it's cheap, and for most Florida licensing and employment purposes it is not what's being asked for. Level 2 is fingerprint-based and reaches both state and national records. A Level 1 result will not close out a Level 2 requirement, no matter how recently it was run, because the two are not the same search.
It's also worth understanding that AHCA screening is one type of Florida Level 2 screening, not a different thing. If you work in licensed healthcare, your Level 2 runs through the Agency for Health Care Administration and the result is deposited in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. Same statutory standard, specific agency route. The same is true of DCF, APD, and Department of Health screening — all Level 2, each with its own ORI.
Employers occasionally run a name search and assume it satisfies a statutory Level 2 requirement. It doesn't.
Level 2 runs through different agencies depending on your role, and each has its own ORI.
A Level 2 for one purpose does not automatically satisfy another unless the agencies share a repository.
Processing takes a few business days. Screening the week you start puts the date at risk.
Which agency or board requires the screening decides the ORI. We confirm it before anything is captured.
Rolled and flat impressions on a certified scanner, plus a photograph where the route requires one.
Sent to FDLE electronically, which forwards the national portion to the FBI.
Returned to the requesting agency, or deposited in the Clearinghouse where that applies.
One flat fee, all-in — the state fee, the federal fee, and the AHCA retention fee are already inside it. Nothing is added at your appointment, and we don't charge a separate rolling fee on top.
Need fingerprinting at your office or facility? We bring the equipment to you anywhere in Palm Beach County, Clearinghouse photo included. Call for a quote.
AHCA screening is one type of Florida Level 2 screening — same statutory standard, routed through the Agency for Health Care Administration and deposited in the Clearinghouse. If you work in licensed healthcare, that's your route. If you don't, your Level 2 goes through a different agency.
If the form says “Level 2,” “fingerprint-based,” or cites a statute, it means fingerprint screening. Read us the wording over the phone and we'll tell you which agency route applies before you book.
Yes. Level 2 covers Florida records through FDLE and national records through the FBI. Level 1 is a Florida name-based search only.
No. They're different processes — one is a database search, the other a fingerprint submission. A Level 2 requires being fingerprinted.
Not automatically. Agencies weigh the nature, timing, and relevance of an offence, and Florida provides a formal exemption process in many cases. That's a legal question rather than a fingerprinting one, and we don't advise on it.
It depends on the agency. Clearinghouse results carry a retention period while your status is kept current; other routes want a result issued within the past six to twelve months. Check the requirement rather than assuming.
Frequently yes, where they work unsupervised with children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. Qualified organisations often screen volunteers through the VECHS programme, which is its own route.
Usually the same or next business day. Call (561) 475-4757 or send the request form and we'll confirm a slot and verify the ORI on the callback.
State criminal history and applicant screening.
Florida Statutes Chapter 435The employment screening standards that define Level 2.
FBI Criminal Justice Information ServicesThe national portion of a Level 2 check.
One flat fee, all-in, for every Florida route.
What to bringThe checklist that prevents a wasted trip.
ORI number guideWhat an ORI is and where to find yours.
Fingerprinting near meEvery city we cover in the county.
Same or next-day slots at our downtown West Palm Beach office, Monday to Saturday. Call and we'll verify your ORI before you come in.