Fingerprinting Do's and Don'ts
Use the following information when fingerprinting:
Do:
Process fingerprint-based backgrounds check requests for:
- OKDHS foster care and adoptive applicants, at no charge;
- Indian Child Welfare foster care and adoptive applicants with OKDHS or Tribal custody children, at no charge;
- private foster care agencies at no charge;
- private adoption agencies, private attorneys and licensed individuals for adoptive applicants for a fee of $50 per person.
Process Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) name-based background check requests for:
- OKDHS foster care and adoptive applicants, at no charge;
- potential employees of the OKDHS shelters (Laura Dester Shelter in Tulsa and Pauline E. Mayer Shelter in Oklahoma City) at no charge;
- OKDHS Child Welfare volunteers;
- OKDHS Aging Services in-home care providers;
- private adoption agencies, private attorneys and licensed individuals on behalf of private adoptive and international adoption applicants, for a fee of $20 per person.
Don't:
Process OSBI name-based background check requests for:
- OKDHS Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD)
- OKDHS Adult and Family Services (AFS),
- Oklahoma Child Care Services (OCCS);
- Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA);
- out-of-state agencies or individuals;
- private foster care agencies.
Process the Child Abuse and Neglect Registry Check; inquiries should be directed to Child Protective Services.
Process birth certificate requests; out-of-state birth certificate requests for OKDHS custody children should be directed to Child Welfare Services, Administrative Services Unit (ASU).
