KRS 281.6301: Criminal background checks -- Prohibition against engaging, permitting,

or employing persons convicted of certain offenses -- Administrative

regulations.

(1) A person granted a taxicab, limousine, disabled persons vehicle, transportation

network company, household goods, charter bus, or bus certificate shall obtain and

retain for a period of at least three (3) years a nationwide criminal background

check of each certificate holder, owner, official, employee, independent contractor,

or agent operatin g a passenger or household goods vehicle, or whose duties may

require in person contact with the public or entry into a private residence or storage

facility for the purpose of providing or facilitating the transportation of household

goods.

(2) A certificate holder shall not engage, permit, or employ any person, including the

certificate holder, to perform any of the duties outlined in subsection (1) of this

section if that person has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

(a) A Class A felony;

(b) A Class B felony; or

(c) A sex crime as defined in KRS 17.500.

(3) A certificate holder shall not engage, permit, or employ any person, including the

certificate holder, to operate a motor carrier vehicle if that person has been

convicted of any of the following offenses:

(a) Leaving the scene of a traffic accident;

(b) Causing a fatality or fatalities through negligent operation of a vehicle; or

(c) Using a vehicle in the commission of a felony involving the manufacture or

distribution of a controlled substance.

(4) A certificate holder shall not engage, permit, or employ any person, including the

certificate holder, to operate a motor carrier vehicle if that person has been

convicted of any of the following offenses in the past three (3) years:

(a) Operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license in violation of KRS

186.620(2);

(b) Operating a motor vehicle twenty-six (26) miles per hour or more in excess of

the speed limit in violation of KRS 189.390; or

(c) Racing.

(5) A certificate holder shall not en gage, permit, or employ any person, including the

certificate holder, to operate a motor carrier vehicle if that person has four (4)

convictions in the past three (3) years for operating a motor vehicle in excess of the

speed limit in violation of KRS 189. 390 or for any offense which requires the

assessment of penalty points by the department.

(6) Criminal background checks under this section shall be:

(a) Performed at the expense of the certificate holder;

(b) Completed prior to the employment of or contracting with an applicant; and

(c) Completed using an entity from an approved list issued by the department.

(7) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS

Chapter 13A to implement the provisions of this section.