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title: Criminal Background Checks for Faculty and Staff Employees
date: 2025-12-03T15:25:17-05:00
author: Mei Lu
canonical_url: "https://policies.umd.edu/personnel/criminal-background-checks-for-faculty-and-staff-employees"
section: "VII: Personnel"
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Policy Number: VII-1.15

##  Criminal Background Checks for Faculty and Staff Employees 

 USM Bylaws, Policies and Procedures of the Board of Regents

 

   [Home](https://policies.umd.edu/) [All Policies](/all) [ Section VII: Personnel ](/all/personnel) Criminal Background Checks for Faculty and Staff Employees

 

  

  (Approved by the Board of Regents April 15, 2016)

  [ View and Download Policy ](https://www.usmd.edu/regents/bylaws/SectionVII/VII115.pdf)  

  ##  UMD POLICY 

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  VII-1.15(A)

##  [University of Maryland Policy on Criminal Background Checks](https://policies.umd.edu/personnel/university-of-maryland-policy-on-criminal-background-checks)