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Level 2 Background Check
The fingerprint-based screening Florida statute requires for positions of trust. Captured and submitted the same day, by appointment.
Overview
Level 2 is a legal standard, not a product. Florida statute defines it as fingerprint-based screening covering state criminal history through FDLE and national criminal history through the FBI, and it applies to anyone in a position of special trust — roles involving children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. When an employer or board says “you need Level 2,” they are pointing at that statutory definition.
Because it's a standard rather than a single process, Level 2 screening runs through whichever agency governs your role. Healthcare employment goes through AHCA. Childcare and foster care go through DCF. Professional licences go through DBPR or the Department of Health. Schools go through the district. All of them are Level 2 — they just route to different places, and the routing is what we verify before capturing anything.
Who Needs It
Roles working with children, the elderly, or people with disabilities carry a statutory screening requirement.
Licensed facilities screen clinical and support staff to the Level 2 standard before placement.
Daycare staff, foster parents, and adoptive households are screened under the same standard.
Many Florida boards require Level 2 screening before issuing or renewing a licence.
Adults volunteering unsupervised with vulnerable groups are frequently screened to the Level 2 standard.
Vendors with site access at schools, facilities, and agencies are screened before badging.
Requirements
Level 1 is a name-based database search using your name and date of birth. It's quick, it's cheap, and for most Florida licensing and employment purposes it is not what's being asked for. Level 2 is fingerprint-based and reaches both state and national records. A Level 1 result will not close out a Level 2 requirement, no matter how recently it was run, because the two are not the same search.
It's also worth understanding that AHCA screening is one type of Florida Level 2 screening, not a different thing. If you work in licensed healthcare, your Level 2 runs through the Agency for Health Care Administration and the result is deposited in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. Same statutory standard, specific agency route. The same is true of DCF, APD, and Department of Health screening — all Level 2, each with its own ORI.
Avoid This
Employers occasionally run a name search and assume it satisfies a statutory Level 2 requirement. It doesn't.
Level 2 runs through different agencies depending on your role, and each has its own ORI.
A Level 2 for one purpose does not automatically satisfy another unless the agencies share a repository.
Processing takes a few business days. Screening the week you start puts the date at risk.
How It Works
Which agency or board requires the screening decides the ORI. We confirm it before anything is captured.
Rolled and flat impressions on a certified scanner, plus a photograph where the route requires one.
Sent to FDLE electronically, which forwards the national portion to the FBI.
Returned to the requesting agency, or deposited in the Clearinghouse where that applies.
Need fingerprinting at your office or facility? We bring the equipment to you anywhere in Palm Beach County, Clearinghouse photo included. Call for a quote.
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FAQ
AHCA screening is one type of Florida Level 2 screening — same statutory standard, routed through the Agency for Health Care Administration and deposited in the Clearinghouse. If you work in licensed healthcare, that's your route. If you don't, your Level 2 goes through a different agency.
If the form says “Level 2,” “fingerprint-based,” or cites a statute, it means fingerprint screening. Read us the wording over the phone and we'll tell you which agency route applies before you book.
Yes. Level 2 covers Florida records through FDLE and national records through the FBI. Level 1 is a Florida name-based search only.
No. They're different processes — one is a database search, the other a fingerprint submission. A Level 2 requires being fingerprinted.
Not automatically. Agencies weigh the nature, timing, and relevance of an offence, and Florida provides a formal exemption process in many cases. That's a legal question rather than a fingerprinting one, and we don't advise on it.
It depends on the agency. Clearinghouse results carry a retention period while your status is kept current; other routes want a result issued within the past six to twelve months. Check the requirement rather than assuming.
Frequently yes, where they work unsupervised with children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. Qualified organisations often screen volunteers through the VECHS programme, which is its own route.
Usually the same or next business day. Call (561) 570-6006 or send the request form and we'll confirm a slot and verify the ORI on the callback.
At our West Palm Beach office, and we serve every city in Palm Beach County — Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter and more. We are an FDLE-approved Live Scan provider, by appointment, usually same or next day. Call (561) 570-6006 or send the request form and we verify your ORI before you come in.
Our fee is a flat $119, all-in, for any Florida agency route — the state fee, the federal fee, and the AHCA retention fee where it applies are already included. Nothing is added at your appointment. Costs vary between providers, so ask for the all-in number rather than a service fee that grows at the counter.
A Level 2 background check is fingerprint-based screening that Florida statute requires for positions of trust — it covers state criminal history through FDLE and national criminal history through the FBI. It is deeper than a Level 1 name-based search, and it is the standard for roles involving children, the elderly, or people with disabilities.
Fingerprints always; a photo when the route requires one. Healthcare and care-provider screenings deposited in the AHCA Clearinghouse require a photograph captured with your fingerprints, and we take it in the same appointment against the correct background. Other Level 2 routes are fingerprints only.
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Same or next-day slots at our downtown West Palm Beach office, Monday to Saturday. Call and we'll verify your ORI before you come in.
One flat fee, all-in — the state fee, the federal fee, and the AHCA retention fee are already inside it. Nothing is added at your appointment, and we don't charge a separate rolling fee on top.
FDLE-approved Live Scan fingerprinting for Palm Beach County. By appointment at our Downtown West Palm Beach office, just off Okeechobee Boulevard. On-site service for companies countywide.
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Palm Beach County Live Scan Fingerprinting is a private fingerprinting and document handling business and is not affiliated with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any government agency. We do not provide legal advice. State and federal processing fees are set by the requesting agency and are additional to our service fee.