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Committee approves DPH request to access LiveScan records for massage-business licensing

San Francisco Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · November 14, 2024

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Summary

The committee forwarded a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health's Environmental Health Branch to access state and federal summary criminal-history records (LiveScan/FBI) for massage-business licensing, a change DPH said will add LiveScan as an alternative to exclusive SFPD checks and improve equity for small business owners.

The Department of Public Health asked the committee to authorize state- and federal-level summary criminal-history access so DPH can perform LiveScan background checks for massage-business licensing. Patrick Fostal, director of the Environmental Health Branch,…

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