What will happen if I’m in a nursing program that will be doing a background check on me and I have a misdemeanor on my juvenile record?
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What will happen if I’m in a nursing program that will be doing a background check on me and I have a misdemeanor on my juvenile record?
I got into some trouble when I was younger; I don’t have any felonies. Will that show up on my background check?
Asked on November 7, 2015 under Criminal Law, Illinois
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
As a general rule, a routine backgroud check should not show any juvenile record, unlike an adult record. Although while juvenile records aren’t supposed to be available to the general public, they are sometimes accidentally shared with potential employers. And having a juvenile record can prevent you from getting certain jobs, particularly those in regulated fields such as nursing. The only real way to make sure that no one can find out about your juvenile record is to have it "expunged" (i.e. cleared) from your criminal history record.
Here is a link to a site that you willl provide more information on the subject:
www.illinois.gov/.../Documents/Juvenile%20Exp%20Guide/JuvenileExpungementGuide.pdf
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