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- State and national screening
- ORI verified before capture
- Photograph where required
- Same-day submission
- Same or next-day slots
- Reprints free if rejected
The fingerprint-based screening Florida statute requires for positions of trust — captured near West Palm Beach and submitted the same day.
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.
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.
Providers delivering waiver services screen staff to the Level 2 standard.
Districts screen instructional and support staff under the same statutory standard.
Camp personnel working with children fall inside the requirement.
Our counter is in West Palm Beach, which makes this the simplest version of the trip for anyone local. West Palm Beach is the county seat, and the address on our door, and the requirement is nearly always the same underneath: fingerprints captured properly, submitted to the right agency, the first time.
We serve clients across West Palm Beach including Downtown, Northwood Village, El Cid, Flamingo Park, Grandview Heights, and SoSo, as well as nearby communities such as Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, and Lake Clarke Shores. Landmarks like Clematis Street, Rosemary Square, and the Norton Museum of Art put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order queue.
Being the county seat concentrates a particular kind of demand here. Court-adjacent work, county and municipal hiring, the downtown financial and legal corridor, and the hospital campuses all generate screening requirements, and most of them route through agencies within a few miles of our counter.
The practical advantage for residents is simply proximity. There is no drive to plan around, which matters most when a licensing deadline moves or an employer needs a submission in before a start date. Book a lunch-break slot and the whole thing is done.
We are at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600, just off Okeechobee Boulevard, booking Monday to Saturday with same or next-day slots. We also handle level 2 background check for clients in nearby Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Palm Springs.
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.
Processing takes a few business days. Screening the week you start puts the date at risk.
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.
The capture itself is the quick part — roughly ten minutes at the scanner, a little longer when a photo or a printed card is involved. Electronic submissions leave our office the same day, so nothing sits waiting on a courier or a weekly batch run.
What happens after that is the agency's clock, not ours. State and federal processing typically returns a result within a few business days, and posting to a board or to the Clearinghouse follows from there. If you are working against a start date or a filing deadline, say so when you book from West Palm Beach and we will tell you honestly whether the timeline is realistic rather than finding out later that it wasn't.
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.
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.
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.
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) 475-4757 or send the request form and we'll confirm a slot and verify the ORI on the callback.
That's between you and your employer. Many cover it as part of onboarding; others reimburse. We take payment at the appointment or invoice an employer account.
Agencies receive an eligibility determination or record information according to the rules governing their programme. What an employer sees is set by statute, not by us.
Where a result disqualifies someone, Florida provides a formal process to request an exemption from the relevant agency. It's a legal process rather than a fingerprinting one.
State criminal history and applicant screening.
Florida Statutes Chapter 435The employment screening standards that define Level 2.
FBI Criminal Justice Information ServicesThe national portion of a Level 2 check.
One flat fee, all-in, for every Florida agency route.
What to bringThe short checklist that prevents a wasted trip.
ORI number guideWhat an ORI is and where to find yours.
Level 1 vs Level 2Which one your form is actually asking for.
Same or next-day slots, Monday to Saturday — call and we'll confirm a time and verify your ORI first. Companies in West Palm Beach can be handled on site by special request.