{"id":14091,"date":"2019-11-25T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=14091"},"modified":"2024-04-30T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:10:27","slug":"fingerprinting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/regulations-compliance\/fingerprinting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingerprinting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All members joining a licensed EMS agency must submit to a finger print based criminal history background check and be approved by the OEMS for both affiliation and certification. This includes non EMS certified members such as drivers. There is NOT a grandfather clause to this regulatory change. Affiliated non-certified members that no longer meet eligibility requirements as of November 2, 2018 may not continue affiliation or participate in any way with a licensed EMS agency or onboard a OEMS licensed vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of EMS, Regulation &amp; Compliance Division will be outsourcing the collection of finger prints for background checks to the state contract vendor, FieldPrint.\u00a0 Fieldprint fingerprinting will go live on January 1, 2020.\u00a0 Once Fieldprint is &#8220;live&#8221;, the Virginia Office of EMS will no longer process paper-based fingerprint cards.<\/p>\n<p>To begin the Fieldprint process, please choose from one of the following selections.\u00a0 You should base your selection on the agency you are seeking to join.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><b><u>***PRIOR***<\/u><\/b>\u00a0to submitting your fingerprints below, All non-certified members (i.e., drivers\/firefighters) are required to create an OEMS portal account to obtain a unique 9 digit OEMS # <b><u>and<\/u><\/b>\u00a0affiliate in the OEMS portal with their EMS agency!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-family: Lato, sans-serif\"><b><u>You must provide your personal and unique 9-digit OEMS # when submitting fingerprints to the Office of EMS!\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">INSTRUCTIONS:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/12\/How-to-affiliate-as-Non-EMS-Certified-Personnel.pdf\">HOW TO AFFILIATE AS NON-EMS CERTIFIED PERSONNEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Create:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vdhems.vdh.virginia.gov\/emsapps\/f?p=200:16\">Non-Certified Member Portal Account<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/FingerPrinting-Process-Procedure-05.2024-ECs.pdf\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">FINGERPRINTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR EMS AGENCY AFFILIATED MEMBERS AND EMS STUDENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/regulations-compliance\/fingerprinting\/career-agency-fingerprinting\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/career-agency-button-300x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/career-agency-button-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/career-agency-button.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/regulations-compliance\/volunteer-agency-fingerprinting\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/volunteer-agency-button-300x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/volunteer-agency-button-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2019\/11\/volunteer-agency-button.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/regulations-compliance\/fingerprinting\/ems-student-fingerprinting\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16508 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/06\/student-button-300x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/06\/student-button-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/06\/student-button.png 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All members joining a licensed EMS agency must submit to a finger print based criminal history background check and be approved by the OEMS for both affiliation and certification. 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