6VAC20-120-110: Applicability

A. This chapter is applicable to criminal justice information systems operated within the Commonwealth of Virginia. These regulations on security are not applicable to court records or other records expressly excluded by § 9.1-126 of the Code of Virginia.

B. This part establishes a minimum set of security standards that shall apply to any manual or automated recordkeeping system that collects, stores, processes, or disseminates criminal history record information.

C. Where individuals or noncriminal justice agencies are authorized to have direct access to criminal history record information pursuant to a specific agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide service required for the administration of criminal justice, the service support agreement will embody the restrictions on dissemination and the security requirements contained in this chapter and the Code of Virginia.