Screening of Volunteers in Government of Guam Agencies

(a)Volunteers Exempt from Certain Screening Costs. All volunteers working uncompensated in any agency of the government of Guam, including volunteers with the ServeGuam Commission, or its authorized successor, or volunteer applicants of a youth recreational organization as evidenced by a form or letter issued by such youth recreational organizations shall be exempt from clearance and screening fees charged by government of Guam agencies, including police and court clearances and skin test for tuberculosis administered by a government of Guam agency. This exemption does not apply to chest x-rays required of positive skin test readers or drug testing; however, nothing herein shall prevent any appointing agency from paying for such examinations for its volunteers.

(b)Judiciary of Guam is Authorized to Submit Requests for Criminal History Checks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for all Guam AmeriCorps Volunteers.

(1)The Judiciary of Guam, as the central repository of all criminal information, shall obtain federal-level criminal history clearances through the Federal Bureau of Investigation for all Guam AmeriCorps volunteer and employee applicants, or existing volunteers and employees, at the request of the ServeGuam Commission.

(2)An applicant for a federal-level criminal history clearance shall apply therefore on a form supplied by the Judiciary of Guam, and shall provide such information as may be necessary to afford the Judiciary of Guam reasonable opportunity to ascertain information required for such clearance. The applicant shall further submit to the Judiciary of Guam his or her fingerprint through a fingerprint card, or electronic fingerprint data, if so utilized.

(c)Waiver of Local Processing Fee(s) for Federal Bureau of Investigation Clearances. Individuals applying to serve as volunteers with the ServeGuam Commission or Guam AmeriCorps programs are hereby exempted from paying any application or processing fee required by the Judiciary of Guam for clearance required herein, except those fees which are required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Judiciary of Guam and the ServeGuam Commission, or its authorized successor, shall adopt a Memorandum of Agreement relative to the payment of Federal Bureau of Investigation fees. CH. 2 APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE