CAIS Credentialing Requirements. Vendor agrees to participate in Citizens’ own document submission and credentialing management process, conducted through CAIS, (the “CAIS Credentialing Requirements”). Vendor acknowledges that Citizens may change CAIS Credentialing Requirements as it deems appropriate in response to changing business, regulatory and technological requirements and capabilities, and Vendor agrees that it shall comply with any changes to CAIS Credentialing Requirements implemented by Citizens. Failure to complete the initial and/or continued CAIS Credentialing Requirements will constitute a material breach of the Agreement and may result in suspension from providing Services or termination of the Agreement. Vendor will be required to access CAIS, or other Citizens’ system, where Vendor will input, update, and maintain the following credentialing information listed below. The information will be utilized to verified that Vendor and Vendor Staff meet and continue to meet the requirements of this Agreement.
CAIS Credentialing Requirements. Citizens, through CAIS, shall conduct credentialing of all Vendor CAIS Resources. Pursuant to this process, Vendor must submit Criminal Background Reports for each Vendor CAIS Resources as outlined below. A Vendor CAIS Resource must not have Access unless and until the Vendor CAIS Resource is approved by Citizens in CAIS. At a minimum, each Criminal Background Report shall include a check of the following through a background screening report obtained in writing through a law enforcement agency or a Professional Background Screener accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners or a comparable standard, (each, a “Criminal Background Report”):
3.4.1. An identity verification that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
3.4.1.1. a national crosscheck trace and verification of the Social Security Number;
3.4.1.2. all residential address histories dating back a minimum of seven (7) years;
3.4.1.3. any alias or maiden names associated with the Social Security Number; and,
3.4.1.4. Social Security Number trace.
3.4.2. All state and federal felony convictions, all state and federal misdemeanor convictions for the past seven (7) years, any conviction of any crime in violation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1995, and any pending deferred adjudications of any of the above during the past seven (7) years.
3.4.3. A national crosscheck of all sex offender databases and registries, including the Xxx Xxxxxx National Sex Offender Public Website as well as state sex offender registries that encompass all counties in each state.
3.4.4. The Criminal Background Report must have been conducted within twelve
