California law (Assembly Bill No. 506, effective January 1, 2022) requires a fingerprint-based background check for anyone 18 or older who has direct contact with players for more than 16 hours a month or 32 hours a year. Given the length of our season, this applies to all Managers and Assistant Coaches, and any adults who regularly help at practices.
SJCLL uses the Live Scan service to complete this background checks on all volunteers.
Live Scan requires only one screening process during your time in our league, however it gives us real-time information about our volunteers as profiles change, and provides that information through numerous and far-reaching agencies.
The benefits of Live Scan include:
- Live Scan fingerprinting is collected only once and will suffice for the entire duration of your participation in SMVLL.
- Live Scan is operated by the Department of Justice.
- The service provides real-time information throughout the year.
For more information and in-depth information about Live Scan, visit https://oag.ca.gov/fingerprints