Application Forms

(1) Disclosure of Criminal Records. No initial employment application form may ask whether an applicant has a criminal record. Only a candidate who has been first determined otherwise eligible for a position subject to a CORI and given a conditional offer of employment subject to consideration of any criminal record, may be asked to complete a supplemental form requiring the disclosure of the candidate’s criminal record. No inquiry may be made inconsistent with M.G.L. c. 151B, § 4. (2) CORI Authorization Forms and Consent. (a) The hiring authority will ensure that a candidate provides consent to a CORI investigationand, where applicable, to the periodic conduct of further CORI investigations duringemployment. (b) All candidates must complete an appropriate CORI Acknowledgement Form and inaccordance with DCJIS regulations at 803 CMR 2.00: Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI), the hiring authority shall verify the candidate’s identity by forms of documentation asdetermined by DCJIS. If the hiring authority is unable to verify a subject’s identityand signaturein person, the subject maysubmit a completed CORIAcknowledgment Form acknowledged bythe candidate before a notary public.