Candidates in approved professional educational programs are required to provide a clearance background check when registering for a course that requires a field experience. It is strongly recommended that all students have completed the background check process by DROP / ADD each semester due to the increased turn around time by the state departments involved. The process is currently taking 8-10 weeks.
Find Out Your Status
Find out if your clearance background check process has been successfully completed and entered in your record by using myODU Portal Login and then reviewing in Leo Online your Test Score page.
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The clearance background check process can take up to 8 weeks or longer
The clearance background check process includes:
- a social service/child protective service check through the Central Registry Release Information form ($10 fee)
- fingerprinting ($27 state police processing fee/$15 fingerprinting fee)
- a review of each candidate's name through the Virginia 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Police: Sex Offender Registry
- ALL search results must be received and reviewed by ODU to determine successful completion of the clearance process for placement
- You can check your Leo Online secure page under Test Scores. A score of 1 means that you are cleared for placement.
Once a candidate is cleared by ODU, additional clearance background check will not be required unless there is a break in enrollment at ODU that requires the candidate to go through reactivation or readmission process with the Old Dominion 91¶ÌÊÓƵ admissions office.
Every candidate must complete:
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Completing the fillable form -Ìý
Follow the instructions below and complete each part of the form:
- Purpose of Search, checkÌý"Volunteer"
- MAIL SEARCH RESULTS TO:
Old Dominion 91¶ÌÊÓƵ
Office of Clinical Experience
Education Building, Suite 1107
Norfolk, VA 23529 - Contact Name:ÌýJennessa Libby-Reynolds
Telephone: 757-683-3348
Contact E-mail:Ìýoce@odu.edu
- PART IÌý- Complete in PART I all answers requested pertaining to YOU
- Print your information in the white blank spacesÌý(not in the grey spaces)
- If any answer is none, write "N/A"
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- Print the form after you complete itÌýfront to back in one page.ÌýDO NOT print two pages.
Ìý - Print this form in full size, 8.5 x 11 inches paper. This is required by the Virginia Department of Social Services
Ìý - PART II and PART III
- Sign the form
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- Sign the form
- Payment Fee
- $10.00 fee for theÌý
- Payment must be in the form of a money order payable to Virginia Department of Social Services. Credit Card, Personal check or cash willÌýNOTÌýbe accepted
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- Submit in person or by postal servicesÌýthe signed form with $10 Money Order to (Please include a note with your UIN in your paperwork):
The Office of Clinical Experience
Education Building, Suite 1107
Old Dominion 91¶ÌÊÓƵ
Norfolk, VA 23529
**PleaseÌýdo notÌýmail the form directly to the VA Department of Social Services.
Step 1
Complete Form
Form Directions
- Review theÌýSAMPLE FORM
Follow the instructions below to complete the form:
- Section I
- Complete and signÌýSection I
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- Complete and signÌýSection I
- Section II
- Do not complete Section II. Office of Clinical Experience will complete this section
SCANÌýthe completed form toÌýoce@odu.eduÌý(include your UIN in the subject line).
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Step 2
- Upon review of the completed form, you will be sent instructions to submit payment through OCE's UStore
- Please follow up with oce@odu.edu if email is not received within 72 hours of submitting
Step 3
- Once payment is completed, additional information will be sent for scheduling and completing the fingerprint process.
- Please follow up with oce@odu.edu if email is not received within 72 hours of submitting
Every candidate's name will be reviewed in the National Sex Offender Registry.
Every candidate MUST complete:
- Washington 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Candidates are required to complete a pre-certification process. For information on this process, e-mail the Office of Clinical Experience atÌýoce@odu.edu.
- Military and Military Affiliated Students
- Fingerprinting available at your nearest military base security office
- Contact the security office to schedule an appointment
- Bring two photo identification cards to your appointment (e.g. driver's license, military ID, or passport)
- Fingerprinting must be completed using:
APPLICANT FD258 (REV 3-1-10) 1110-0046 fingerprinting card - If the military base office does not have this fingerprinting card, you may request a blank one from Office of Clinical Experience by callingÌý757-683-3348.