# Fla. Stat. § 943.0543: 943.0543 National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; ratification and implementation

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## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 943.0543
- **Heading:** 943.0543 National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; ratification and implementation
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.0543

## Text

(1) In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes, including, but not limited to, background checks for the licensing and screening of employees and volunteers under the National Child Protection Act of 1993, as amended, and to implement the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.S.C. s. 14616, the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact. The executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement shall execute the compact on behalf of the state.

(2) The department is the repository of criminal history records for purposes of the compact and shall do all things necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact.

(3) The executive director of the department, or the director’s designee, is the state’s compact officer and shall administer the compact within the state. The department may establish procedures for the cooperative exchange of criminal history records between the state and Federal Government for use in noncriminal justice cases.

(4) The state’s ratification of the compact remains in effect until legislation is enacted which specifically renounces the compact.

(5) This compact and this section do not affect or abridge the obligations and responsibilities of the department under other provisions of this chapter, including s. 943.053, and do not alter or amend the manner, direct or otherwise, in which the public is afforded access to criminal history records under state law.

History: s. 2, ch. 99-300; s. 111, ch. 2013-18; s. 11, ch. 2016-78.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 943.01 943.01 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.01.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.02 943.02 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.02.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.03 943.03 Department of Law Enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.03.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.04 943.04 Criminal Justice Investigations and Forensic Science Program; creation; investigative, forensic, and related authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.04.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.05 943.05 Criminal Justice Information Program; duties; crime reports.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.05.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.06 943.06 Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.06.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.08 943.08 Duties; Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.08.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.09 943.09 Criminal Justice Professionalism Program.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.09.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.10 943.10 Definitions; ss. 943.085-943.255.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.10.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.11 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission; membership; meetings; compensation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.11.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.12 943.12 Powers, duties, and functions of the commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.12.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.13 943.13 Officers’ minimum qualifications for employment or appointment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.13.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.14 943.14 Commission-certified criminal justice training schools; certificates and diplomas; exemptions; injunctive relief; fines.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.14.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 943.16 943.16 Payment of tuition or officer certification examination fee by employing agency; reimbursement of tuition, other course expenses, wages, and benefits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLVII_C943_S943.16.md)

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