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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 near Palm Beach Gardens and submitted the same day.
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.
Camp personnel working with children fall inside the requirement.
Families engaging private staff frequently screen to the same standard.
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.
Fingerprinting requests arrive with a deadline attached more often than not, and Palm Beach Gardens residents are usually working against one. Palm Beach Gardens is a medical-campus corridor with steady clinical credentialing demand, and the requirement is nearly always the same underneath: fingerprints captured properly, submitted to the right agency, the first time.
We serve clients across Palm Beach Gardens including PGA National, Evergrene, Mirasol, Alton, and BallenIsles, as well as nearby communities such as North Palm Beach, Juno Beach, and Lake Park. Landmarks like PGA National Resort, The Gardens Mall, and Downtown Palm Beach Gardens put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order queue.
The medical campus corridor along PGA Boulevard drives most of the volume from here — hospital systems, specialty practices, imaging centers, and the staffing agencies that supply them. Clinical credentialing and AHCA employment screening arrive in roughly equal measure.
There is also steady professional licensing demand from the corporate and financial offices in the area. Real estate and contractor applicants route through DBPR under a different ORI than anything healthcare-related, and the two get confused often enough that we check before capturing.
Our office is about 20 minutes from Palm Beach Gardens. We book Monday to Saturday, usually same or next business day, and for companies we can bring the equipment to you. We also handle level 2 background check for clients in nearby North Palm Beach, Jupiter, Riviera Beach.
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.
The capture itself is the quick part — roughly ten minutes at the scanner, a little longer when a photo or a printed card is involved. Electronic submissions leave our office the same day, so nothing sits waiting on a courier or a weekly batch run.
What happens after that is the agency's clock, not ours. State and federal processing typically returns a result within a few business days, and posting to a board or to the Clearinghouse follows from there. If you are working against a start date or a filing deadline, say so when you book from Palm Beach Gardens and we will tell you honestly whether the timeline is realistic rather than finding out later that it wasn't.
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.
That's between you and your employer. Many cover it as part of onboarding; others reimburse. We take payment at the appointment or invoice an employer account.
Agencies receive an eligibility determination or record information according to the rules governing their programme. What an employer sees is set by statute, not by us.
Where a result disqualifies someone, Florida provides a formal process to request an exemption from the relevant agency. It's a legal process rather than a fingerprinting one.
Possibly not, if both employers participate in the Clearinghouse and your status is current. Ask the second employer to check before you book.
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.
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 agency route.
What to bringThe short checklist that prevents a wasted trip.
ORI number guideWhat an ORI is and where to find yours.
Level 1 vs Level 2Which one your form is actually asking for.
Same or next-day slots, Monday to Saturday — call and we'll confirm a time and verify your ORI first. Companies in Palm Beach Gardens can be handled on site by special request.