NC Register Volume 16 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings

non-criminal justice governmental agenciesperforming criminal justice dispatchingfunctions or data processing/informationservices for criminal justice agencies.(19) "Full-certification" means being operatorcertified with the ability and knowledge to usethe DCI terminal accessing those programswhich are developed and administered by DCIfor local law enforcement and criminal justiceagencies.(20) "Hardware" means the physical computerequipment or devices and the peripheralequipment forming the DCI informationprocessing system including the AutomatedFingerprint Identification System (AFIS).(21) "Hot Files" means DCI/NCIC files whichcontain information on stolen and recoveredproperty and wanted/missing persons asentered by agencies across the nation.(22) "Inappropriate Message" means any messagewhich is incomplete, unnecessary, excessive,abusive, or not in keeping with the rules andregulations of DCI.(23) "Incident Base" is a system used to collectcriminal offense and arrest information foreach criminal offense reported.(24) "Indirect Access" means access to DCIthrough another agency's direct accessterminal.(25) "In-service Certification" means an operator'scertification program provided by localdepartments and approved by DCI to certifyand re-certify their employees.(26) "Interstate Identification Index (III)" means theFBI's files containing identifying informationon persons who have been arrested in theUnited States for which fingerprints have beensubmitted to and retained by the FBI.(27) "Interface" means a method (either software orhardware) to communicate between twocomputers or computer systems.(28) "IRKS" means an internal records keepingsystem which DCI makes available to NorthCarolina criminal justice agencies. Included inIRKS is a jail record keeping system (JRKS).(29) "JRKS" means a jail record keeping systemthat aids agencies in accounting for their jaildetainees.(30) "Limited Access" means the ability of aterminal to access those programs which aredeveloped and administered by the DCI forlocal law enforcement and criminal justiceagencies specifically excluding state andnational CCH.(31) "National Fingerprint File (NFF)" means anFBI maintained enhancement to the InterstateIdentification Index whereby only a singlefingerprint card is submitted per state to theFBI for each offender at the national level.Arrest fingerprint cards from the same state forsubsequent arrests as well as final dispositionsTEMPORARY RULES16:15 NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER February 1, 20021719and expungements will be maintained at thestate level.(32) "NCIC" means the National CrimeInformation Center which is maintained inWashington, D.C. by the FBI.(33) "Need-to-know" means for purposes of theadministration of criminal justice or forpurposes of criminal justice agencyemployment.(34) "NLETS" means National Law EnforcementTelecommunications System, which ismaintained in Phoenix, Arizona.(35) "Non-criminal Justice Agency" means anyagency created by law with the statutoryauthority to access State Bureau ofInvestigation criminal history files forpurposes of non-criminal justice licensing oremployment, a non-criminal justicegovernmental agency performing a noncriminaljustice function, a governmentalagency performing dataprocessing/information services for a criminaljustice agency, or a private contractor pursuantto a specific agreement with a criminal justiceagency or a non-criminal justice agencypreviously described.(36) "Non-criminal Justice Information" meansinformation that does not directly pertain tothe necessary operation of a lawenforcement/criminal justice agency.(37) "Official Record Holder" means the eligibleagency that maintains the masterdocumentation and all investigativesupplements of the hot file entry.(38) "Operator Identifier" means a unique identifierassigned by DCI to all certified operatorswhich is used for gaining access to the DCInetwork and for the identification of certifiedoperators.(39) "Ordinance" means a rule or law promulgatedby a governmental authority especially oneadopted and enforced by a municipality orother local authority.(40) "ORI" means originating routing identifier,which is a unique alpha numeric identifierassigned by NCIC to each authorized criminaljustice agency, identifying that agency in allcomputer transactions.(41) "Private Agency" means any agency that hascontracted with a government agency toprovide services necessary to theadministration of criminal justice.(42) "Re-certification" means renewal of anoperator's initial certification every 24 months.(43) "Right-to-know" means for the right of anindividual to inspect his or her own record orfor other purposes as set forth by statute orcourt order.(44) "Secondary Dissemination" means the transferof CCH/CHRI information to anyone legally